Facebook rights at issue between nurses, hospitals

When can your Facebook posts get you in trouble with the boss? That issue, which has already roiled workplaces from schools to police departments, was front and center in recent contract negotiations involving two New Jersey hospitals and the nurses' union. Some 1,200 nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center ratified their new contract with parent company Meridian Health Monday, paving the way for resolution of a dispute over Facebook posts. During contract negotiations, the union, Health Professionals and Allied Employees, took its beef about staffing levels to the general public, handing out leaflets and even sending out a giant billboard mounted on a flatbed truck.