07.24.2006
PRESS RELEASE RNs
at UMass Medical-University on the Picket Line
Hospital Demands Concessions
Despite Hospital's $94 Million Surplus Proposed Contract Would Decimate Nursing Care at Central
Mass.’s Key Trauma Center
03.14.2006 NURSES FILE
CHARGES AGAINST UMMC
DISCIPLINE & HARASSMENT SHOW PATTERN OF UNION BUSTING “What is more
important to our patients, clean instruments in the O.R. or
management control?” The
MNA union bargaining units at two hospitals of the UMass Memorial
Medical Center (UMMC) have filed charges against the hospitals
before the National Labor Relations Board. The MNA asserts that
UMMC is harassing and subverting the authority of the union
and its leadership in an attempt to break the union.
02.27.2006 RNs
at UMass Medical-University Hit the Picket Line
Hospital Demands Concessions Despite Hospital’s $94 Million
Surplus Proposed Contract Would Decimate
Nursing Care at Central Mass.'s Key Trauma Center Worcester—Registered
nurses (RNs) on the UMass Memorial Medical Center-University
Campus will conduct informational picketing outside the entrance
to the facility today in an effort to draw public attention
to key issues in their contentious contract talks with management.
The nurses believe the issues impact their ability to continue
to provide safe care for their patients and the hospital’s
ability to retain and recruit experienced registered nurses. [View the
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Documentary of a Nursing Victory
