By Marin Wolf — Boston Globeand Jonathan Saltzman — Boston GlobeJuly 8, 2026 BOSTON — The state of Massachusetts’ largest-ever nurses strike, and the first at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is off to a boisterous start.
Thousands of Brigham nurses and supporters poured onto Francis Street near the hospital Wednesday morning, shaking cowbells, banging on plastic buckets and cheering at a deafening chorus of supportive honks from passing cars. The nurses, sporting black or white “Union Strong” and “Brigham Nurses United” T-shirts, waved picket signs calling out the management of the state’s largest health care system.
“Value Nurses Like You Value Your Bonu$e$,” one sign read.
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