Newton Wellesley Nurses Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

At negotiations with a federal mediator on Thursday, the nurses of Newton Wellesley Hospital negotiated a tentative agreement with hospital management, averting the need for a one-day strike that was scheduled for next Tuesday, said an announcement.

The one-year pact includes language the nurses sought. The contract includes a reduction in the floating of nurses as a staffing mechanism, a 1 percent across the board pay raise for all nurses retroactive to Oct.1, 2014, and no change in the nurses’ current benefit package. The new contract would expire on Sept. 30, 2015. A date to ratify the agreement by the membership has yet to be determined.