MNA: Brigham Nurses Prepare for End of Lockout on Monday with Solidarity Walk-In as MGB Home Care Clinicians Demonstrate Power with Ongoing MGB HQ Strike Picketing

MNA: Brigham Nurses Prepare for End of Lockout on Monday with Solidarity Walk-In describes planned steps by union nurses as a lockout and strike activity continues. The Massachusetts Nurses Association says Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses, locked out by Mass General Brigham, will prepare to return to patient care on Monday after negotiations continue. The news release, dated July 11, 2026, says MGB Home Care clinicians will mark the fifth day of a seven-day strike on Sunday. It places picketing at the Somerville headquarters and outside a main hospital location on Sunday, July 12, with nurses and supporters picketing 24/7. At MGB’s Assembly Row facility, it notes continued strike picketing outside the $450 million building and specifies Sunday hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., plus Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The clinicians include nurses, therapists, dieticians, and other home care roles.