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• 05.21.2013 | Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses To Conduct One-Day Strike on Thursday, May 23
• 05.21.2013 | UMass Univversity Nurses Strike Handbook
• 05.20.2013 | UMMMC University Nurses Contract Alert! Talks Today Result in No Settlement After Management Walks Out Refuses to Respond
• 05.17.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert: After 20-Hour Negotiating Session UMass Memorial/Hahnemann Committee Reaches Tentative Agreement!
• 05.17.2013 | After 20-Hour Negotiating Session, UMass Memorial/Hahnemann Nurses Reach Tenative Agreement to Avert a Strik
• 05.17.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert! University Committee to Return to the Table on Monday at DCU
• 05.16.2013 | UMass Nurses' Fight for Safe Staffing Continues
• 05.16.2013 | UMass Nurses Head Back to the Table Today
• 05.16.2013 | Child Health Advocate's Post on WBUR's CommonHealth Blog Makes Case For Saving Child Psych Unit at CHA
• 05.15.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert: At Talks With University Team Today Management Made the Same "Last Best and Final Offer" -- Talks Scheduled for Tomorrow With Both Teams, 1:30 Open Mtg at Coral Canceled 6 p.m. Meeting Still On
• 05.14.2013 | Interested in Obtaining a BSN? Join us for an Information Session on June 18
• 05.14.2013 | Spread the Word: Support the UMass Nurses in Their Strike for Safe Staffing; Reject Overtures by Scab Agency Looking for Replacement Nurses;
• 05.13.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert! Mediator Confirms Negotiation Dates Set for May 14, 15, 20 & 21
• 05.10.2013 | Media Coverage of the DPH Hearing on CHA's Plan to Close its Child Psychiatric Unit
• 05.10.2013 | Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses to Call for One-Day Strike on May 23
• 05.09.2013 | A New Study Finds that Nurses Staffing Levels Impact Readmissions for Pediatric Patients in Hospitals
• 05.07.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks With Memorial Team Today End With No Significant Movement on Staffing or Other Key Issues of Concern
• 05.06.2013 | MNA Endorses Rep. Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston
• 05.06.2013 | Montague Town Meeting Passes Resolution Calling Upon Baystate Health System to Commit All Necessary Resources to Ensure Baystate Franklin Medical Center Can Meet the Health Care Needs of Franklin County Residents in Franklin County
• 05.06.2013 | DPH to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Child Behavioral Health Unit at Cambridge Hospital
• 05.03.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks With University Team Tdday End With No Significant Movement on Staffing or Other Key Issues of Concern
• 05.01.2013 | Yet another study underscores the need for safe RN staffing to protect our patients
• 05.01.2013 | UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks Resume on May 3 & 6, Still Await Management Staffing Response
• 04.30.2013 | Save the Date: DPH Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Morton Hospital’s Pedi Unit Rescheduled to May 21
• 04.30.2013 | Pedi Psych Services at CHA Slated for Elimination!
• 04.30.2013 | Deerfield Town Meeting Passes Resolution Calling Upon Baystate Health System to Commit All Necessary Resources to Ensure Baystate Franklin Medical Center Can Meet the Health Care Needs of Franklin County Residents in Franklin County
• 04.29.2013 | Huffington Post Covers BU BioLab
• 04.26.2013 | Frontline Nurses Flood State House to Voice Concerns About Proposed Guidelines for New Law to Ban Mandatory Overtime for Nurses
• 04.25.2013 | Consumer Reports Issues Report on Nurse and Patient Concerns About Hospital Care - Highlights Importance of Safe RN-to-Patient Staffing Limits
• 04.25.2013 | Compelling WBZ-AM Radio Feature Story on MNA/NNU Board Member Betty Sparks and Her Experience Treating Victims of the Marathon Bombing
• 04.25.2013 | Free teleconference re the emergency response to the Marathon bombing – tomorrow Friday April 26 12:30-1:30 pm EST.
• 04.23.2013 | Public Hearing on New Mandatory Overtime Law Set for Friday, April 26 at 9 a.m.
• 04.23.2013 | Adult Immunization Conference: May 21, 2013
• 04.19.2013 | DPH Postpones Public Hearing Today On the Proposed Closure of Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
• 04.18.2013 | Video Highlights from the Steward Quincy Medical Center Nurses One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care
• 04.17.2013 | Department of Public Health to Hold Public Hearing April 19 On the Proposed Closure of a 13-bed Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
• 04.16.2013 | MNA Board Member Betty Sparks – A True Hero at the Scene of Yesterday’s Tragic Bombing
• 04.16.2013 | Nurses relied on trauma experience to help bombing wounded
• 04.15.2013 | Calling all MNA members to the BORN 3.05 subcommittee mtg Wednesday afternoon!! April 17 2013 1pm
• 04.15.2013 | MNA Offers Support to Those Impacted by Today’s Explosions in Boston
• 04.13.2013 | Save the Date and Plan to Attend a DPH Public Hearing on the Proposed Closure of the Steward Morton Hospital Pediatric Unit on April 19th at 2 p.m. at the Taunton Public Library!!!!
• 04.13.2013 | Great letter from a Pediatrician in Today's Taunton Gazette Opposing the Closing of the Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital
• 04.12.2013 | UMass Medical Center Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote to Authorize a Strike Over Unsafe Patient Care Condisions
• 04.11.2013 | Front-Page Story in Today's Patriot Ledger -- UPDATE: Quincy Medical Nurses Begin 24-hour Strike, Picket Line Swells
• 04.11.2013 | Hundreds of Quincy Medical nurses and supports begin strike today
• 04.10.2013 | Diminished Patient Protection Forces Steward-Quincy Medical Center Nurses to Conduct One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care on Thursday April 11 Beginning at 6 a.m.,
• 04.10.2013 | 2,000 Nurses at UMass Medical Center to Conduct Strike Vote on April 11
• 04.10.2013 | Support the QMC Nurses' Strike For Safe Patient Care at Steward-Quincy Medical Center, April 11
• 04.09.2013 | Register Now-8th Annual MNA Clinical Nursing Conference