The nurses of St. Luke's Hospital will no longer be the lowest paid in the region, after the St. Luke's Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) Bargaining Committee came to agreement with the nonprofit employer Southcoast Health for a new three-year contract, a union spokesperson has confirmed.

The agreement was reached tentatively during negotiations on Sept. 30 and the contract was ratified on Wednesday, Oct. 15, according to MNA Associate Director of Public Communications Joe Markman.

According to an MNA press release, the nurses of St. Luke's "voted overwhelming" to ratify the contract.

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