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  Safe Staffing Hearing
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Boston, MA
[Press Release]
 

     
Heading into the State House    
     

Coalition members from Central Mass gather outside the State House prior to hearing
 
Rep. Jim O'Day getting on the bus
with Becker College students and nurses
Lobbying    
     
 
RN showing information
with a legislative aide
     
Community activists lobby for an
Act Relative to Patient Safety
     

Nurses take a break from the
hearing to lobby their legislators
     

Group awaits a meeting with their senator
Getting the story out
     

Joan Pingley from Coalition for Social Justice

     


Students from Becker College
receive final instructions

Region 4 nurses: Jenn Ludlum,
Joanne Laschi, Linda Anderson, Donna Gauthier and Chris Weir (right to left)
     

Coalition to Protect
Massachusetts Patients Panel
Silent show of support for speakers
     


John McCormack, Beth Castanzo, Karen Higgins, Amanda McCarthy and john Bennett

Beth Castanzo, Director of Child Care
Center emphasizes child care has limit requirements
     
Gardner Auditorium, October 24, 2007    
     

Nurses in place waiting for hearing to start
Standing room only
     

Balcony view of the hearing in progress
A sea of MNA blue
     

Coalition supporters send a message
South Coast Coalition supporters
     

Becker College nursing students sharing informational placards with committee
John Bennett, MSAC President
     

Sterling Allam, Senior from Attleboro, MA
California nurses, administrators
and ancillary staff
     

Testimony in support of HB 2059
Joint Public Health Committee
     

Rep. Christine Canavan,
Tenth Plymouth District and Rep. Sarah Peake,
Fourth Barnstable District
Sen. Harriet Chandler,
First Worcester District
     

Rep. Jennifer Callahan,
Eighteenth Worcester District
Rep. James O'Day,
Fourteenth Worcester District
     
 

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