Grievances 101
- Filing a Grievance is Key to Enforcing Your Contractual Rights (PDF)
- How to Write a Grievance
- Grievance Presentation Points
- Grievance Timeline Grid
- The Concept of "Just Cause" in Union Contracts
- Grievance Form (PDF)
- Unit 7 Grievance Form
- Grievance Investigation Sheet (PDF)
- Strategic Grievance Handling
- Ten Rules to Prepare Witnesses
- Sample Information Request (PDF)
Education Resources from the MNA Newsletter
- 08.30.2018 Bedside Nurses in TV Ad Supporting Safe Patient Limits and MA Question 1
- 08.21.2018 Patient Safety Advocates to Hold Press Conference Exposing Multi-Millionaire Hospital Executives and Multi-Billion Dollar Hospital Corporations as the True Source of Opposition to Question 1
- 08.09.2018 VIDEO: RN Lina Ledoux on Safe Patient Limits and ED Nursing in California and Massachusetts
- 08.07.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Hospital in Holyoke to Hold August 9 Protest Against Patient Care Cuts by Wildly Profitable Trinity Health
- 07.17.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital Vow to Fight Damaging Cuts to Child and Elder Psychiatric Services
- 07.17.2018 The Ballot is Brewing! Join us Aug. 2 at a Boston Brewery Event for Safe Patient Limits
- 07.09.2018 MNA Nurses at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield Ratify Strong Contract after First Negotiation with Out-of-State Employer
- 07.09.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke Ratify Strong Contract after First Negotiation with Out-of-State Employer
- 06.28.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract that Marks Major Success for Patients, Nurses and the Public
- 06.27.2018 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Stand Strong against Blow Dealt by U.S. Supreme Court to Working Families and Communities
- 06.21.2018 MNA Members: Join RN Donna Kelly-Williams for a Telephone Town Hall on Safe Patient Limits on June 28
- 06.12.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract that Marks a Major Success for Patients, Nurses, All Caregivers and the Public
- 06.05.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule 24-hour Strike for Monday, June 18 after Management Refuses to Make Staffing and Patient Care Improvements
- 05.29.2018 UMass Memorial Health Alliance in Leominster Plans to Close Pediatric Unit Depriving Children and Families of Access to Care Close to Home
- 05.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement that Benefits Patients, Nurses and the Public
- 05.07.2018 During National Nurses Week, Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Rally, Highlighting 500+ Unsafe Staffing Forms Filed by RNs
- 05.07.2018 ‘State of Patient Care in Massachusetts’ Survey Released for National Nurses Week Finds Nurses Sounding the Alarm Over Deteriorating Conditions for Hospitalized Patients and Need for Safe Patient Limits
- 04.30.2018 Hearing on 4/30: Call Lawmakers to Support Safe Patient Limits
- 04.09.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Schedule Actions during One-Day Strike for Patient Safety and the Hospital’s Threatened Lock Out
- 04.03.2018 National Labor Relations Board Finds Merit to Three Unfair Labor Practice Charges against Berkshire Medical Center
- 04.03.2018 Nurses and Community to Hold Patient Safety Vigil April 5 in Greenfield Ahead of One-Day Strike at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
- 03.15.2018 Committee Advances Nurse-Backed Bill to Help Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Patients Languishing in Emergency Departments
- 02.23.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice, Talks to Continue
- 02.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice as They Seek Fair Agreement That Protects and Improves Patient Care
- 02.20.2018 Greenfield City Councilors Will Travel to Springfield on Wednesday to Demand Action from CEO and Trustees on BFMC Patient Care and a Fair Contract
- 02.16.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Schedule One-Day Strike for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- 02.16.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule Patient Safety Vigil as One-Day Strike Nears
- 02.14.2018 Department of Public Health to Hold Public Hearing Feb. 16 On the Proposed Closure of the Maternity Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
