gave members a chance to vote on MGB’s “final” offer

The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) is postponing their strike so that the roughly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital can vote on the hospital's latest contract offer.

If ratified, the contract would run from ratification through Sept. 30, 2028.

"Brigham nurses will decide our next steps," the MNA said in a statement.

The hospital said in a statement that their last pitch to the nurses union was their "best and final offer."

The proposal would give every nurse an increase to their base salary in both years of the agreement.

There would be an increase of 2.5% on the highest that a nurse on the current scale can earn, including staff nurses, nurses in charge, midwives, clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, staff education instructors and nurse anesthetists.

Another 2.5% increase would be added effective Sept. 30, 2027.

There would also be no increase to the employee premium share for nurses who currently are regularly scheduled for 40 hours while they remain in that position or for any nurse enrolled in the post-tax plan.

Nurses hired into 40-hour positions after ratification who elect individual coverage in the post-tax plan will have an employee contribution of about $10 per week.

To reduce the use of traveler nurses and the need for staff to float between units, the hospital said it agreed to post 20 36-hour positions for the Float Pool within 60 days of ratification.

The offer also addresses canceled shifts. The hospital would give at least one hour and 45 minutes of notice before the shift starts. Otherwise, the nurse would be paid $70. The rule would not apply when the canceled shift follows a regularly scheduled shift. In that case, the hospital would give notice of cancellation before the start of the extra or overtime shift.

The date of the nurses' vote has not been announced.