Region 3 nurses take action at Central Labor Council breakfast

				Kathy Metzger of Region 3 introduces herself to Rep. Steven D’Amico (DSeekonk) during the Central Labor Council breakfast.

Labor councils from Southeastern Massachusetts held their annual legislative breakfast on Jan. 26, with the MNA having a major presence.

Nurses from Region 3 - active participants in the labor councils - were invited to the breakfast and had the opportunity to discuss the 2008 legislative agenda with legislators and union brothers and sisters.

The breakfast was hosted by the Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center at UMass Dartmouth, the Plymouth-Bristol Labor Council and the Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council.

MNA President Beth Piknick provided a presentation about H.2059, the Patient Safety Act. Kathy Metzger RN, Brockton Hospital and Patti Bombardier RN, Cape Cod Hospital, “worked the room” and collected postcards from attendees who support setting a safe limit on the number of patients a registered nurse must care for at one time.

By working in solidarity with the larger labor movement and mobilizing in local communities, nurses participating in the labor council event helped convey our message on both local and regional levels.

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