title: Factors leading to a strike vote and strategies for reestablishing relationships.
abstract: An extremely difficult contract negotiation between a collective bargaining unit and a hospital resulted in a vote to strike by the nursing staff before reaching a final agreement. The authors describe the factors that led up to the strike vote. Realistic yet optimistic strategies for developing a working relationship with the bargaining unit leadership and the nursing staff are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Ponte
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Fay
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perron
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zizzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D003098:Collective Bargaining; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004648:Employee Grievances; D017144:Focus Groups; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013317:Strikes, Employee