Bargaining unit updates

Jordan Hospital
The union leadership at Jordan Hospital wants it members to know that, at the time the Massachusetts Nurses Advocate was printed, the proposed mandatory flu vaccine legislation was not yet passed by the state Legislature. As a result, you can not be required to sign any “declination” forms if you choose not to receive the flu vaccine. The form Jordan Hospital is giving to the nurses to sign comes from the DPH, but it has not been approved by the MNA for our members to sign.

Berkshire Medical Center
The RNs at Berkshire Medical Center recently approved a threeyear contract. The approval came after seven months of negotiations and was moved along by a very successful informational picket and billboards that were placed around Pittsfield. The unit achieved positive language on union security, orientation procedures, and a special benefit program for senior nurses. On the pay scale the nurses got a 6 percent across the board increase and a new 2 percent step on the top of the scale in each of the three years.

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