Backus nurses vote to authorize 2-day strike if demands not met

By The Day
| September 15, 2020

Registered nurses at Backus Hospital have authorized an unfair labor practice strike amid ongoing contract negotiations. Representatives of the 415-member Backus Federation of Nurses, Local 5149 of AFT Connecticut, and Hartford HealthCare, the hospital’s owner, met late Monday afternoon in a virtual negotiating session.

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