MASSACHUSETTS NURSE NEWSLETTER :: October 2007

Central Mass. AFL-CIO honors Region 2 at Labor Day event

Proudly accepting the Kenneth J. Mangan Community Services Award: From left, Carolyn Moore, RN, of St. Vincent Hospital, Kathie Logan, RN, UMass University Campus, and Sue Mulcahy, RN, UMass Memorial Campus.

The MNA’s Regional Council 2 was selected by the Central Massachusetts AFL-CIO to receive the Kenneth J. Mangan Award at this year’s Labor Day Breakfast on Monday, September 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Worcester. The award was given in recognition of outstanding community services as a representative of organized labor.

Region 2 was chosen because of the incredible contributions it made this past year to the local Holiday Toy Drive, the Central Mass. AFL-CIO’s food pantry, the Letter Carrier’s Food Drive and the MNA’s local scholarship programs. Specifically, the award recognized the efforts of the nurses at St. Vincent Hospital and UMass Medical Center, who utilized well-attended job actions and labor celebrations to collect much-needed donations for families living in the Greater Worcester region.

Accepting on behalf of Region 2 were Carolyn Moore, RN, of St. Vincent Hospital,

Scholarship winner: Tim Campbell, recipient of the $1,000 Murray Wagner Loughlin Scholarship, with his mother Sue.

Kathie Logan, RN, of UMass University Campus, and Sue Mulcahy, RN, of UMass Memorial Campus. “It is a duty and privilege to give back to this community,” said Logan, “and we feel fortunate that we are able to do so.”

In addition to the MNA receiving this award, Timothy Campbell, son of MNA member Sue Campbell, received the Murray Wagner Loughlin Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 at the breakfast.

H.2059, the common sense solution: Members from various labor unions who attended the Worcester Labor Day Breakfast took a moment to sign postcards addressed to their state legislators in support of H.2059, the Patient Safety Act. Region 2 members didn’t have to push too hard to get folks to sign the cards, because limiting the number of patients that a nurse must care for at once just makes sense!   Thanks to all of our allies and community members—in Worcester and elsewhere—who have helped us in working toward passing this important legislation.