Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 150a - Labor Relations
Section 4c - Health Care Facilities; Unfair Labor Practices by Employers or Employees

Section 4C. It shall be an unfair labor practice:—
(1) For any health care facility or any charitable home for the aged to institute, declare or cause, or to attempt to institute, declare or cause, any lockout of any of its nurse or nonprofessional employees; or
(2) For any nurse or nonprofessional employee of a health care facility or of any charitable home for the aged, or for a representative of any such employee, or for any other person, to engage in, induce or encourage any strike, work stoppage, slowdown or withholding of customary goods or services by such employees or other persons at such health care facility or home.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XXI - Labor and Industries

Chapter 150a - Labor Relations

Section 1 - Public Policy

Section 2 - Definitions

Section 3 - Rights of Employees

Section 3a - Domestic Service Employee Defined; Violations; Discharge; Presumption; Damages; Costs

Section 4 - Unfair Labor Practices by Employers

Section 4a - Unfair Labor Practices by Individuals or Labor Organizations

Section 4b - Refusal to Bargain Collectively With Employer

Section 4c - Health Care Facilities; Unfair Labor Practices by Employers or Employees

Section 5 - Representatives; Determining and Certifying; Grievances; Units; Review; Proceedings to Enforce or Review Orders

Section 5a - Agricultural Workers; Representatives

Section 6 - Prevention of Unfair Labor Practices; Powers of Commission; Proceedings; Judicial Review

Section 6a - Denial of Admission To, and Suspension or Expulsion From, a Labor Organization; Proceedings for Relief; Voting Rights of Non-Participants in Insurance Plans and of Local Organizations in Conventions

Section 6b - Review of Order of Commission

Section 6c - Payment of Dues and Assessments During Disciplinary and Legal Proceedings

Section 7 - Powers of Commission and Courts Relative to Hearings and Investigations; Self-Incrimination; Service of Papers; Witness Fees; Papers and Information Furnished by Other Departments

Section 8 - Interference With Member or Agent of Commission

Section 9 - Right to Strike

Section 9a - Grievances or Disputes Between Health Care Facilities and Nurses

Section 10 - Conflict of Laws; Federal Statutes and Regulations

Section 11 - Partial Invalidity

Section 12 - Title of Statute