Massachusetts

Cambridge CIR Delivers Contract in Tough Financial Times

Dr. Murray joined the CIR negotiating team as an intern in September 2006 –- but the team had already been negotiating for five months! Serious financial problems, exacerbated by the new Massachusetts healthcare reform law, plagued this crucial safety-net hospital –- and tougher times were on the horizon.

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MA State Work Hours Bill Clears First Hurdle In The Legislature

Safe Work Hours for Physicians in Training and Protection of Patients (S.1247) jumped its first hurdle in the Massachusetts legislature when it was voted out of the Joint Committee on Public Health in late October 2007.

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BMC Contract Scores Big On Salary, Parking & Hours

It took fifteen evening negotiating sessions over four months – not to mention three months of preparation. All that hard work paid off on October 31, 2006, however, when CIR negotiating team members at Boston Medical Center saw their new contract overwhelmingly ratified by their colleagues.

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American Public Health Association Panel Takes On Hours

The American Public Health Association met November 4-8, 2006 in Boston, Mass. One panel discussion on November 6 was sponsored by the Occupational Health and Safety Section, on the topic of “Reevaluating Current Work Hours Limits: What are Safe Hours for Physicians, Nurses…and the Public?”

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