Nurses to Testify Tuesday, Oct. 4 on Potentially Dangerous State Proposal That Could Allow Unlicensed People to Administer Medication in All Health Care Settings

More than 10,000 people and counting have signed a petition urging Gov. Baker to stop proposed regulations and ensure safety for all patients

Treating Social Determinents of Health: A Conference With CEs on Critical Skills for The Health Workforce

November 10, 2016, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Boston, MA

Morton Hospital Caregivers, Community Leaders and Concerned Residents To Hold Sept. 24 Rally Calling on Steward Health Care to Keep its Promises

Holy Family Hospital Nurses in Methuen File Yet Another Federal Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board Against Steward Health Care

The Charge Against Steward is the Third Filed by Holy Family Nurses Since March, with the First Two Charges Filed by Nurses at the Holy Family Haverhill Campus as the Employer Refuses to Provide Legally Required Information to Bargain New Contracts

Important ICU Staffing Advisory!

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses and Community Health Care Initiative Host Public Forum Thursday, Sept. 15

Members of the Community Health Care Initiative and BFMC nurses are coming together to encourage Baystate Health to keep care local and safe

JWJ Worker's Right Board With RNs from Steward Holy Family Hospitals

All are welcome!

Sign This Petition to Support the RNs at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Their Contract Fight

All it takes is Ten Seconds!

Nurses! Sign a Petition to STOP #BakersBadMedicine

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts could allow unlicensed administration of medication to ALL patients in ALL health care settings.

RN ALERT: Commonwealth Wants to Allow Unlicensed People to Administer All Medications to Patients in Any Setting, including Acute Care Hospitals and Schools

RN Volunteers Needed in Louisiana

Community Leaders to Deliver Letter to President of Steward Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack Valley in Appeal for Fair Treatment of Nurses

Letter Cites Nurses’ Sacrifice During Difficult Financial Times, Points to Steward’s Failure to Offer a Fair Wage Proposal or Promised Pension Benefit, as well as Working Conditions that Have Resulted in the Loss of 41 Percent of the Nurses on Staff

Exciting Pediatric Advanced Practice Nurse Career Opportunity

Now Accepting Applications for the 2017 Harvard Trade Union Program

This intensive six-week program has one space available for an MNA member; the MNA covers the entire cost of the program. Application deadline is Sept. 1, 2016. Learn more!

PHOTOS: Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Nurse Picket

New 20% Walden University MNA Tuition Discount

MNA Health Alert: Important Change to WIC Infant Formula

Essex County Legislators Call on the President of Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack to Negotiate a 'Fair Contract' with Nurses to Ensure 'Best Care' for the Community

Legislative Letter Cites Nurses’ Sacrifice During Difficult Financial Times, Points to Proposed Wage and Benefit/Pension Cuts and Working Conditions that Have Resulted in the Loss of 41 Percent of the Nurses on Staff

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Nurses Picketing Friday, July 22

Faulkner Nurses Standing up for Patients and Their Profession, Fighting for Improved Hospital Security, Safe Staffing Proposal, Equal Nurse Benefits and a Fair Wage Increase

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses Voting Wednesday, July 20 to Ratify Agreement That Averted Historic Strike

Brigham Nurses Stood up for Patients and Their Profession, Ensuring Safe Staffing, Improving Security and Protecting New Nurse Benefits After Voting in Historic Numbers for One-Day Strike

Brigham Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify Contract

Brigham Nurses Stood up for Patients and Their Profession, Ensuring Safe Staffing, Improving Security and Protecting New Nurse Benefits

Brigham Nurses' Letters of Support

Thank you for supporting Brigham nurses!

Lawrence General Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract

3-year agreement between hospital and RNs includes increase to wages, time off benefits and staffing improvements to ensure quality patient care

Federal Mediator Press Release on Brigham Strike Averted

Brigham Nurses Reach Historic Tentative Agreement

HOW TO SUPPORT BRIGHAM NURSES

Learn what you can do

Heartbreaking Globe Series Focuses on Long-Term Effects of Mental Health Deinstitutionalization in Mass.

Brigham nurse statement mid-day 6.24.16

Brigham nurse end-of-day negotiation update 6.24.16

Negotiations to be Held June 24 Between Brigham Nurses and BWH/Partners HealthCare

Nurses Fight for Safe Patient Care and Prepare for Largest RN Strike in State History Unless BWH/Partners Offers Fair Deal Valuing Patients Over Profits

The Truth About Strike Replacement Nurses

Largest nurse strike in Massachusetts history planned for June 27 unless BWH/Partners HealthCare puts safe patient care and nurses above corporate profits

Background on Pivotal Issue in Brigham and Women’s Hospital Talks: Safe Nurse Staffing for Critical Patients

Cuts to Nurse Staffing for Patients with Severe Respiratory Conditions Jeopardizing Patients' Safety

UPDATE Brigham Nurse Negotiations 6.20.16

UPDATE on Brigham nurse negotiations 6.17.16

Six City Councilors Call for Fair Settlement for Brigham Nurses as They Return to Bargaining Table Friday, June 17

Nurses voted 95% to authorize a one-day strike, scheduled for Monday, June 27, to protest BWH/Partners HealthCare putting corporate greed above safe patient care and nurses

Brigham RN Negotiations to be Held Friday, June 17 at Boston City Hall as Nurses Fight for Safe Patient Care

Nurses voted 95% to authorize a one-day strike, scheduled for Monday, June 27, unless BWH/Partners HealthCare offers a fair settlement that puts safe patient care and nurses above corporate profits

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses to Hold Largest Nurse Strike in Massachusetts History on Monday, June 27 Unless BWH/Partners HealthCare Stops Valuing Profits Over Patients and Nurses, Agrees to a Fair Contract

Nurses voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a one-day strike to protest the hospital’s corporate greed and refusal to value safe patient care and nurses above profits and outrageous executive pay

Walden University extends 10% tuition reduction to MNAers interested in upcoming degree programs

Sign this Petition and Tell the Democratic Party to Support Medicare for All!

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses Vote 95% to Authorize Strike in Protest of BWH/Partners Health Care Valuing Corporate Profit Margins Ahead of Patients, Nurses

Nurses Held Overwhelmingly Positive – 95% – Vote to Authorize Strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to Hold Strike Authorization Vote Monday, June 13

BWH/Partners HealthCare’s Refuses to Value Patients and Nurses More Than Corporate Profit Margins

Message to Union Supporters of BWH Nurses

Nurses! Beware of Scab Agencies Undermining Brigham Nurses

Brigham nurses will vote to authorize a one-day strike on June 13.

Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Natalie Higgins for 4th Worcester District State Representative

Nurses File Federal Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board Against Steward Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack Valley for Bad Faith Bargaining

The Charge Against Steward is the Second Filed by the Nurses Since March as the Employer Refuses to Provide Required Information and Has Refused to Make Any Economic Proposals in Negotiations for a New Union Contract

Help Protect the Integrity of Your MA Nursing License

Share your concerns easily and quickly with your State Senator.

MNA Positions on State Budget Amendments

Learn about pending legislation that could affect Massachusetts nurses.

Photo Gallery of Brigham RN Picket 5/17

Brigham nurses hit the sidewalks outside Brigham and Women's Hospital on May 17 to fight against Partners HealthCare's corporate greed.

Nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital to Hold Informational Picket Tuesday, May 17

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Partners HealthCare Pay Executives Exorbitant Salaries, Reap Billions in Profits While Refusing to Value the Critical Contributions of Every Brigham Nurse

North Shore Medical Center Nurses Ratify New Contract

Agreement between hospital and RNs includes key improvements to patient care

Join Brigham and Women's Nurses on May 17 for an Informational Picket!

Nurses Will Take Concerns About Disrespect by BWH/Partners HealthCare to the public

MNA Organizing Survey 2016

A Massachusetts Nurses Association Organizing Division survey.

Happy National Nurses Week!

Use the occasion to help establish safe patient limits

SAVE THE DATE: MNA 2016 Convention

Mark down the dates of the annual Massachusetts Nurses Association convention.

Join MNA members at these Verizon strike locations

Some 40,000 Verizon workers across the country began a strike on Wednesday, April 13.

North Shore Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

RN ratification vote to be held on pact that includes improvements to patient care through limits on nurse floating and charge nurse assignments, better working conditions and fair wage increases for all RNs

Nurses at MetroWest Medical Center/Leonard Morse Hospital Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

RN ratification vote to be held on two-year deal that includes new program to boost safe nurse staffing recruitment and retention, significant wage increases

New Labor School Courses added in regions

Emmanuel College and MNA Announces Partnership and Tuition Discount

MNA Launches Video to Help in New-member Orientation

Region 5 Labor School Program on "The Mediation Process" Open to All

Tuesday May 10 at 5:30

UPDATED: How to Support Verizon Workers on Strike

Some 40,000 Verizon workers across the country began a strike on Wednesday, April 13.

Walden University Extends its Tuition Reduction Program for MNAers Interested in Advancing their Education

Opportunity Expires May 31, 2016

Newton-Wellesley Hospital Nurses Ratify New Contract

Agreement between hospital and RNs includes key improvements to patient care

RNs with Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod – Falmouth Join Massachusetts Nurses Association

Nurses celebrate win for patients, caregivers and the community

Workplace Violence Bill Gets Favorable Vote from Public Safety Committee

Measure Will Prevent Excessive Violence against Massachusetts Nurses and Health Care Workers by Requiring Employers to Give Voice to Employees through Implementing Workplace Violence Prevention Programs

Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Patrick O’Connor for Plymouth and Norfolk State Senate Seat

Join the FIGHT FOR $15 IN 2016 RALLY

Newton-Wellesley Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Contract Agreement, Averting Potential Strike

RN ratification vote to be held on pact that includes improvements to patient care through enhanced nurse staffing, better working conditions and fair wage increases for all RNs

Attorney General Maura Healey to Speak with Registered Nurses at Massachusetts Nurses Association Annual Labor Leader Summit on March 24

Nurses to talk about ICU Safe Patient Limits Law, mandatory overtime ban, hospital closings; AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre will also speak to nurses during educational summit

Massachusetts Single-Payer Health Care Hearing March 22

This is the time for all who believe in single-payer health care to let the Massachusetts Legislature know that we stand for health justice and demand an equitable health care system.

Massachusetts Medicine Board Urges Nurse Advocacy as Part of ED and Inpatient Diagnosis Advisory

State officials urge nurses to advocate for patients, especially when their condition is worsening.

Newton-Wellesley Hospital Nurses Authorize Strike in Protest of Partners HealthCare’s Failure to Agree to Contract Proposals That Will Improve Patient Care, Give RNs Reasonable Wage Increases

Demonstrations Outside Newton-Wellesley Hospital and North Shore Medical Center on March 9 Responded to Partners HealthCare Shortchanging Patients and Nurses While Reaping Billions in Profits, Giving Executives Huge Pay Hikes

Federal Government Rules against Southcoast Hospitals Group in Case of Illegal Declaration of Impasse and Bad-Faith Bargaining with Nurses’ Union at Tobey Hospital

NLRB directs hospital to reverse changes that led to RNs’ frozen wages, lost holiday time, and lost 401k contributions

Newton-Wellesley Hospital and North Shore Medical Center Nurses to Hold Joint Informational Picket to Protest Partners HealthCare’s Failure to Improve Patient Care and Working Conditions

Nurses to Hold Strike Vote at Newton-Wellesley Hospital; Demonstration Responds to Partners HealthCare Shortchanging Patients and Nurses While Reaping Billions in Profits, Giving Executives Huge Pay Hikes

Nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital to Hold Informational Picket and Strike Authorization Vote Wednesday, March 9 over Partners HealthCare’s Refusal to Improve Patient Care and Staffing, Offer Reasonable Wages

Partners Pays Executives Exorbitant Salaries While Skimping on Staffing and Refusing to Improve Patient Care; Nurses Demand Better Conditions

Want to be a Massachusetts Delegate at the Democratic National Convention?

The deadline to apply to be a delegate at the July convention in Philadelphia is March 14.

Nurses at North Shore Medical Center to Hold Informational Picket on Wednesday, March 9 over Partners HealthCare’s Refusal to Improve Patient Care and Staffing, Offer Reasonable Wages

Nurses Outraged by Partners Shortchanging Patients and Nurses While Posting More than $120 Million in Profits and Paying Exorbitant Executive Salaries

Safe Patient Handling Bill Gets Favorable Vote from Public Health Committee

Measure Would Prevent Thousands of Debilitating Health Care Injuries by Requiring Safe Patient Handling Practices by Hospitals/Nursing Homes

Massachusetts Nurses Association Joins Community Call to Keep Open Essential Inpatient Services at Mary Lane Hospital

Baystate Health Proposal to Close Services at Mary Lane Hospital in Ware Would Restrict a Vulnerable Population’s Access to Health Care

Bernie Sanders Volunteer Opportunities Ahead of March 1 Mass Primary

March 1 is the presidential primary in Massachusetts and several other states.

Massachusetts Nurses Give Voice to Patients Who Deserve Safe and Essential Care at Candlelight Vigil Outside State House in Boston

Nurses from Across the Commonwealth Will Gather at Patient Safety Vigil on Thursday, Feb. 25 to Advocate for Safe RN Limits for ALL Patients in ALL Massachusetts Hospitals

Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Stephan Hay for 3rd Worcester District State Representative

Zika Virus: MNA/NNU Fact Sheet

Basic information about the Zika Virus from Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United

MNA and Walden University Partner to Offer Members Access to Affordable Advanced Nursing Degree; Offer Expires 2/29/16

Online learning at an affordable price thanks to members-only access to reduced tuition rate

How Do We End Violence Against Nurses & Health Care Professionals When They're on the Job? Senate Bill 1313

Nurses to Champion Bernie Sanders at New Hampshire Health Care Rally Saturday Before First-in-Nation Presidential Primary

Nurses from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire will get out the vote on Feb. 6 in Salem, NH, spreading word about the Vermont Senator’s support of nurse values

Frontline Nurses, Former Boston Police Chief Testify at State House Hearing: Mass. Needs Workplace Violence Bill

Violence against nurses at hospitals like Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Taunton State Hospital reinforces alarming results of new MNA Workplace violence survey

Growing Threat of Violence in Health Care Not Taken Seriously By Employers, Demands Legislative Solution Joint Committee to Hold Feb. 4 Hearing on Senate Bill

Ongoing violence against nurses at hospitals like Brigham and Women’s and Worcester Recovery Center reinforces alarming results of new MNA workplace violence survey

Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Gerry Cassidy for Brockton State Representative

Gerry Cassidy, candidate for Brockton state representative, is a strong supporter of nurses.

DPH Reports High Rate of Preventable Health Care Injuries, Low Level of Hospital Safe Patient Handling Programs to Nationally Recognized Patient Safety Coalition

Safety recommendations that the hospital industry reportedly tried to suppress demonstrate benefit of safe patient handling legislation

Local Community To Deliver Signatures as Part of Campaign Opposing Cuts to RN Staffing in Emergency Dept. at Nashoba Valley Medical Center

Petitions to be delivered to hospital president Sal Perla on Tuesday, January 26 at noon

Call for Action: Stand United for Patient Safety on Feb. 25

Learn the 5 W's of our Patient Safety Vigil

Using Your Nurse Power at the Ballot Easy With Online Voter Registration

Register to vote on your cell phone!

Save the Date: Nanotechnology-Benefits, Risks and Nursing Implications Program on February 9

Support Nashoba Valley Medical Center. STOP the cuts to Our Community's Emergency Room!

Join their fight! Sign the petition!

Volunteers Sought for Bernie Sanders Rally in Worcester

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will be campaigning for president in Worcester on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.

Nurses #1 Again in Honesty, Ethics; Top Gallup Poll Ranking in 15 of 16 Years

Americans Trust Nurses More Than Any Other Profession, Have Ranked Highest in Annual Poll Since 2002

Join us for a Patient Safety Candlelight Vigil at the State House

Nurses will stand in solidarity on Feb. 25, 2016 to advocate for safe patient limits for everyone.

MNA Board of Directors Votes to Oppose Proposed Spectra Fracked Gas Pipeline and Compressor Station in Weymouth

The MNA Joins Local Residents in Their Concerns about the Compressor Station’s Health and Safety Effects

New Data: Increase in Mental Health Patients in EDs Underscores Need for Pending Legislation to Address Growing Crisis

A Proposed 72-Hour Hold for Opioid Patients in the Emergency Department Would Worsen Crisis, While Safe Patient Limits and Psychiatric Care Solutions Await Action

MNA Mourns Loss of Mervyn Justin, RN at Carney Hospital, Union Brother, Colleague, and Friend

Excessive Health Care Injuries Can be Prevented by Bill Requiring Safe Patient Handling Practices

Recommendations by state experts that the hospital industry reportedly tried to suppress show the benefit of implementing safe patient handling programs and equipment

MNA RN Workplace Violence Prevention Efforts Highlighted in OSHA Publication

New federal worker safety webpage includes case studies of workplace violence program and training implementation by MNA RNs.

RNs at Nashoba Valley Medical Center Ratify Three-Year Contract

Includes significant improvements in wages and working conditions; RNs hopeful that agreement will improve nurse recruitment and retention

Nurses Volunteering at Massachusetts Disasters Deserve Protection, Emergency Responder RN Testifies at State House Hearing

An Act relating to liability protection for disaster volunteers (S.1218/H.1956) would add liability, workers compensation, license protections during official emergencies

MNA President Urges Legislature to Consider Overburdened Emergency Departments While Hearing Governor’s Opioid Bill

A Proposed Involuntary 72-hour Hold on Patients Suffering With Addiction Would Worsen Existing Mental Health Crisis in Hospitals Throughout the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Nurses Association: Sen. John Keenan is right about Gov. Baker's opioid addiction bill

RNs at Nashoba Valley Med. Center Score Big with Local Media Coverage Following JWJ Worker's Rights Board Hearing

Comments that the hospital was "blasted" for the poor working conditions it forces its RNs to work in

Unnecessary 'Human Suffering' From Insufficient RNs in Emergency Departments, Boston College Professor Testifies at Hearing on Patient Safety Act

New Research Shows Patients Can Wait 1.5 Hours for Bone Fracture Treatment at Outlier Hospitals With Too Many Patients Per Nurse; Nurses From Across the Commonwealth Testify That Bill Would Limit Harm, Save Lives

Nurses Can Help the Massachusetts Teachers Association Keep Charter School Cap

The MTA, with 110,000 members, is encouraging nurses to contact their legislators about the cap

Nina Pham, Texas Nurse Who Survived Ebola, to Join Infectious Disease Control Expert Sean Kaufman at 2015 MNA Convention

RNs from across Massachusetts will convene to learn Ebola protection best practices as hospitals continue to fail to implement safety protocols one year after outbreak

The Oct. 20th State House Hearing on the Patient Safety Act

Need a ride that day? Read on to reserve a space on one of our complimentary buses

Nashoba Valley Medical Center: Bargaining Update, Sept. 25

Two Upcoming Opportunities to Support Bernie!

Saturday Rallies in Boston and Springfield need nurses' support

Nurses Celebrate MNA Day at Berkshire Medical Center

From ICU and psychiatry to mother/baby and orthopedics, nurses throughout Berkshire Medical Center joined us for MNA Day on Sept. 28, 2015

North County Cares Coalition to Host a Former North Adams Regional Hospital Doctor to Discuss His Book on the History of the Hospital

Before it closed abruptly and illegally in 2014, NARH served 37,000 residents in Northern Berkshire County

RNs at Marlborough Hospital Vote to Ratify Three-Year Contract

Includes the creation of a committee to address nurse staffing issues, reasonable wage increases

Leader of Largest RN Organization to Represent Bernie Sanders at Mass. State Democratic Convention

Massachusetts RN Karen Higgins: 'Sanders Shares Our Values'

MNA supporting Fair Share Campaign

Please help support a constitutional amendment to raise revenue for education and transportation.

MNA participating in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Oct. 4

Join us for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer -- a celebration of survivorship and an occasion to express hope.

RNs at Marlborough Hospital Reach Tentative Agreement with Management for Three-Year Contract

Includes the creation of a committee to address nurse staffing issues, reasonable wage increases

Nurse Who Survived Ebola a 2015 MNA Convention Speaker

Nina Pham, a Texas nurse who survived an Ebola infection last fall, and Sean Kaufman, a renowned infectious disease control expert, will speak at the MNA's 2015 Convention in Hyannis

View the MNA's New Webinar on the ICU Staffing Law Here

NNU Endorses Sen. Bernie Sanders for President

NLRB Issues Complaint Against Southcoast/Tobey Hospital for Bad-Faith Bargaining with RNs

Decision Supports RNs Charge that Southcoast Prematurely Declared Impasse in Ongoing Contract Talks and Unlawfully Implemented Pay Freeze and Benefit Cuts

Save the Date for the 2015 MNA Convention October 7-9 Hyannis

NNU Presidential Poll

Photo Gallery: MNA and NNU Celebrate Medicare's 50th!

Health Care Advocates Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid On July 30 with State House Event and Rolling Rally Throughout Western Mass

Making the ICU Safe Patient Limits Law Work for You and Your Patients -- An MNA Program on the Role of the ICU Staff Nurse in Developing an ICU Acuity Tool

Powerful Fox News Story on Our Workplace Violence & Effort to Prevent It

Also hear the testimonies of the four brave MNA members and leaders who participated in the day's hearing

Leominster Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract

Legislative Committee to Hold July 21 Hearing On Bill to Address Epidemic of Workplace Violence Against Health Workers

Nurses and Aides are Assaulted as Often as Police Officers and Prison Guards Yet Most Hospitals Fail to Provide Adequate Policies to Protect Employees Hearing Follows Tragic Shooting Death this Year of Physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. Nurses from Brigham to Testify about Several Assaults Following the Shooting and the Hospital’s Failure to Address RNs’ Security Concerns Nurse from Worcester Recovery Center will Testify about the Shocking Number of Assaults at Public Sector Facilities, Including 425 Recorded at WRC in 2014 Alone, with 189 Nurses and Mental Health Workers Out of Work Due to Injuries from Assaults

Important Information about New Regulations on the ICU Staffing Law and the Impact on ICU Nurses in Providing Care to Patients

MNA Wins Important Protections in State Budget

Medicare turns 50 on July 30 Come Celebrate with us!

Check Out This Fox 25 News Investigative Report on the Epidemic of Workplace Violence at the Worcester Recovery Center

Story features MNA members and efforts by State Rep Patricia Haddad to address this crisis.

RNs at Addison Gilbert and Beverly Hospitals Go Public Over Management's Constant Violation of State's Mandatory Overtime Law

Scholarships Available for Women's Global Health Leadership Courses

Lahey Health Nurses at Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital Campuses Go Public with Concerns for Patient Safety as Lahey Management Repeatedly Violates a State Law Prohibiting the Use of Mandatory Overtime as An Alternative to Safe RN Staffing

Nurses File Class Action Grievance, MNA to Move to Arbitration & Meet With State Agencies to Ensure Hospital Compliance with the Law

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract

Pact Includes Limits on Floating of Nurses, Pay Raise and No Change to Benefits

RNs at Leominster Hospital Reach Tentative Agreement with Management for Three-Year Contract

Includes improvements in RN staffing with safe limits on nurses’ patient assignments, reasonable wage increases, and benefit protections

Media Coverage of the Leominster Hospital Nurses’ Vote to Strike

Leominster Hospital RNs Cast Overwhelming Vote Tonight to Authorize a One-Day Strike

Vote comes as contract talks stall over issues of patient safety and RN staffing

RNs at UMass’ Leominster Hospital to Hold a Vote to Authorize One-Day Strike

June 24 vote comes as contract talks stall over issues of patient safety and RN staffing

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement Today on New Contract, Averting Strike Set for June 30

Pact Includes Limits on Floating of Nurses, Pay Raise and No Change to Benefits

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Issue 10-Day Notice for a One-Day Strike on June 30 As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits

Nurses Outraged by Partners’ Demands to Shortchange Patients and Nurses While Posting More than $600 Million in Profits

UMass Memorial Medical Center Nurses Ratify New One-Year Contract

New Pact Includes Staffing Improvements, Pay Raise and a “Respectful Relationship” Clause Obligating Management to Work With the Union to Address Ongoing Concerns about Staffing/Workplace Issues

MNA Reaction to the Health Policy Commission’s Vote to Approve Final Regulations Underpinning ICU Law Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in Hospital ICUs

MNA Applauds Decision to Follow Law’s Intent by Ensuring Neonatal Intensive Care Units are Covered Under the Law. HPC Rejects Cynical Attempt by MHA to Exclude Safer Care Standards for the Most Vulnerable Newborns

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote Tonight to Authorize a One-Day Strike As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits

Nurses Outraged by Partners’ Demands to Shortchange Patients and Nurses While Posting More than $600 Million in Profits

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses To Hold a Vote to Authorize a One-Day Strike on Wednesday, June 10 As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits

Nurses Outraged by Partners’ Demands to Shortchange Patients and Nurses While Posting More than $600 Million in Profits

Health Policy Commission to Vote June 10th on Final Recommendations for the Regulations Underpinning the New ICU RN Staffing Law – We Need You There

The HPC is Considering Removing Neonatal Intensive Care Units from protection under the law in direct violation of the law’s intent and purpose We need a large turnout of nurses in MNA blue at this meeting to ensure safe patient care for critically ill newborns

Video: MNA Nurses' Testimony at State House Hearing on the Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act

Nurses and Patient Advocates to Testify Wednesday at State House Hearing on Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act

Hospital CEO “Fat Cat” Mascot Will Deliver Audible Greeting Cards to All Legislators inviting them to Join Him in the Cayman Islands Where Hospitals Stash Millions in Profits from Taxpayer Dollars; Measure Will Guarantee the taxpayer’s right to know exactly how their health care dollars are spent by hospital CEOs

New York Times Editorial Highlights Dangers Posed by Unsafe Patient Limits

Cites MNA’s RN Survey, Underscores Need for Patient Safety Act

Video: Health Policy Commission Patient Protection Committee Presentation of Final Regulations Underpinning ICU Law

North Adams Seniors Still Voicing Concerns 14 Months After Hospital Closure

MNA Continues Campaign to Restore Full Service Hospital

State House Hearing Scheduled for June 3 on the Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act

Health Policy Commission’s Quality Improvement and Patient Practice Committee To Unveil Final Recommendations for the Regulations Underpinning the New ICU RN Staffing Law on Wednesday, May 20 at 11 a.m.

SUPPORT AMENDMENT #800: Protect Emergency Mental Health Services in Southeastern Massachusetts

Senator Michael Rodrigues files amendment to preserve services

SUPPORT AMENDMENT #753 for Tewksbury Hospital: Maintaining Beds, Staffing, and Quality of Care

Governor Baker’s budget proposed to cut $3.5M from the Tewksbury Hospital budget- eliminating 12 beds and nearly 50 employees.

NECN News Covers Alarming Results RN Survey on State of Patient Care in Mass Hospitals

North County Cares Coalition Members to Speak at the North Adams Council on Aging/Mary Spitzer Senior Center on the Health Needs of Northern Berkshire County and the Rationale for Restoration of a Full Service Hospital to Meet Those Needs

Video: Patients In Mass ICUs Should Demand One on One Care from Their RN – It’s the Law

Nurses Launch Campaign Today to Educate the Public About a New Law Guaranteeing Mass. Hospital Patients One on One Care from RNs in All ICUs

MNA Launches ICU Law Sticker Campaign

One in Four MA Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths That Are Directly Attributable to Unsafe Patient Assignments, The Same Number Wouldn’t Want Their Family Member Cared for on the Unit in Which They Work

85% of RNs agree that the quality of patient care in Massachusetts hospitals is suffering due to unsafe patient assignments including 61% of RNs who are aware of patient complications and 50% who are aware of patients who have been injured or harmed because hospitals are forcing nurses to care for too many patients at one time Results Sound the Alarm for Immediate Action on Pending Legislation to Ensure Safe Patient Limits for Safer Patient Care

The Problem With Satisfied Patients — The Atlantic Runs Powerful Expose Decrying the Hospital Industry's Focus on Patient Satisfaction Surveys Over Real Patient Care

MNA Telephone Town Hall Draws Thousands of Members

Protect Emergency Mental Health Services in Southeastern Massachusetts

Support Amendment #1068 to the House Budget

Join the Worcester Community Labor Coalition’s May Day Rally for Good Jobs & Workers Rights!

SUPPORT AMENDMENT # 437 for Tewksbury Hospital: Maintaining Beds, Staffing, and Quality of Care

Join Our April 29 Telephone Town Meeting for the Patient Safety Act Member Survey

National Nurses' Week Celebration

An Event Hosted by the Student Nurses' Association of UMass Boston

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Plan Informational Picket Thursday, April 16 from 2 – 4:30 p.m. As Contract Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to Nurses’ Benefits

Nurses Outraged by Partners Demands to Shortchange Patients and Nurses While Posting More than $600 Million in Profits

Norwood Hospital RNs Still Making Headlines After Last Week's Rally

The MNA invites members, friends, and labor activists from all walks of life to join in TWO important upcoming events that will both lift up and honor the American worker

Great Coverage and Video of Yesterday's Vigil in Springfield to Support a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street

Massachusetts Nurses and Allies to Hold Vigil in Remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and in Support of Passing the Inclusive Prosperity Act in Honor of His Legacy

Nurses and other allies will gather in front of Congressman Richard Neal’s Springfield office to express their support of the bill, and encourage the Representative to be a supporter

Worcester Telegram & Gazette Story on Yesterday's Hearing on the ICU Patient Limits Law

Nurses say proposed regs would weaken ICU staffing law

Raffle drawing to win two (2) Celtics game tickets for Sunday, April 12

Norwood Hospital Rally a Huge Success

Norwood Hospital RNs and Supporters to Hold a “Help Nurses Care for the Community” Rally on Wednesday, April 1

Residents, friends, patients, and community leaders invited to join in to show their support

Selection of Media Coverage and Videos from Day of Action to Restore a Full Service Hospital in North Adams

RNs at Nashoba Valley Medical Center hold hugely successful community rally on 3/24; their fight for a first contract continues!

State Rep. Denise Garlick Provides Powerful Testimony at Health Policy Commission Hearing on the ICU Staffing Law -- Makes Clear the Intent of the Law is for a Default Standard of One Patient Per Nurse

North County Cares Coalition to Hold Day of Action for Restoration of a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County on the One-Year Anniversary of the Illegal Closing of North Adams Regional Hospital

Health Policy Commission to Hold Hearings (March 25 in Boston and April 2 in Worcester) on Recently Enacted Law Mandating Safe Patient Limits for Nurses Working in Mass. Hospital ICUs

Nashoba Valley Medical Center RNs and Supporters to Hold a “Help Nurses Care for the Community” Rally on March 24 at 5 p.m.

Residents, friends, patients, and community leaders invited to join in to show their support

MNA Special Report: Berkshire Medical Center North (BMCN): The Case for Restoring a Full Service Hospital for Northern Berkshire County

Important Information About Draft Regulations on the New ICU Staffing Law And How Nurses Can Shape These Regulations to Protect Patients

Please Read and Join Us at Public Hearings on March 25 and April 2

Save the Date for March 25 and April 2 Public Hearings on ICU Staffing Law

UMass Memorial's Greed Knows No Bounds as They Threaten Thousands of Patients with the Loss of Phsyician Coverage

UMass Memorial Clinton Hospital Plans to Reduce Beds & Layoff Staff Plan Has Caused Great Turmoil and Low Morale Among Staff

New Bill to Protect Patients Draws Strong Support from Legislators As Reports Show Mass. Patients Receiving Poor Patient Care

Massachusetts Nurses Association says Nina Pham Ebola suit against Dallas employer holds hospital industry 'accountable'

St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Ratify Three-Year Contract

Pact Includes Improvements in Staffing Levels, Health Benefits and a Pay Hike While Hospitals Across Town and Across the State are Slashing Staffing Levels and Degrading Care, St. Vincent has Answered the Nurses’ Call to Increase Nurse Staffing and Improve Care

Betsy Prescott Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund Established

MNA Labor School Offers Special Program on Retirement and Financial Planning in Region 2

This four-part program, which begins on 3/17, is open to MNA members in all Regions

Great Media Coverage: North County Coalition Lays on Reasoning for Full-Service Hospital

North County Cares Coalition Holds Press Conference/Rally on Feb. 11 To Call for the Restoration of a Full Service Hospital in Northern Berkshire County

The Event Will Feature the Presentation of a New Report that Makes the Case for a Full-Service Hospital in North Adams to Serve North County

WGBH Story on Injuries to Nurses and DPH/MHA Efforts to Suppress Findings of Report on the Issue Highlights MNA-Filed Bill to Address this Crisis

Nomination/Consent to Serve Notice for Delegates for the Northeast Nurses Association (NENA)

On Feb. 12 at 5 p.m., You Are Invited to Join Our Telephone Town Meeting For the Latest News on the Development of Regulations for an Acuity Tool and Implementation of New Law Setting Safe Patient Limits for ICUs

Learn About “Proposed” Regulations by the Health Policy Commission Governing the Implementation of the Law and the Development of an Acuity Tool to Adjust Patient Assignments Under the Law and What You Can do to Help Shape these Regulations to Protect Your Patients

Tragic Event at Brigham & Women's Hospital Underscores the Need for Efforts to Reduce the Risk for Workplace Violence

Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Go Public With Concerns About Patient Safety in Response to Plan by Partners to Cut Staffing and Increase Patient Loads for Nurses in the Hospital’s Busy ED

Plan to Cut Staff Comes as the ED Nurses Struggle to Confront a Growing Flu Epidemic and After NWH and Partners has Posted a Healthy Profit in Recent Years

HPC Releases DRAFT of ICU Staffing Regulations

Vote NOW for the MNA's Natalie M.Pereira for Woman of the Year!

This annual event, sponsored by the Sentinel & Enterprise, aims to honor the area's best activists, advocates, and leaders

Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Protect Patient Safety on Dec. 10

Vigil latest effort by RNs to fight off the hospital’s cuts to staff and patient care services; during vigil, nurses will also hold a toy drive to benefit local children

RNs at Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals to Picket on Dec. 11 over Management’s Efforts to Implement Dangerous Changes in How Nursing Care is Delivered

Berkshire Medical Center Nurses To Hold an Informational Picket on Dec., 10 to Protest Unsafe Staffing, Excessive Patient Assignments and Punitive Work Environment

While the hospital has seen a 20% increase in census following the closing of North Adams Regional Hospital, there has been no increase in staffing to meet the increased demand for care.

For the Record: The true legislative intent on of An Act Relative to Patient Limits in All Hospital Intensive Care Units

Video of Sen. Stanley Rosenberg’s presentation of the new law on the floor of the Senate puts to lie all claims by MHA about the law

HPC Listening Session Provides Opportunity to Clarify MNA's Position on Effective Acuity Tools Under the ICU Staffing Law

Leominster Hospital RNs to Hold Food Drive to Support Ginny’s Helping Hands Food Pantry

Saturday, November 22 from 9 – 11 a.m. at the Shaw’s at Water Tower Plaza in Leominster

HPC to Hold Second Listening Session: Nurse Staffing in ICUs on Nov. 19 from 9 – 11 a.m. at State House in Boston

MNA Offers CE Program on Ebola PPE and Safe Donning and Doffing Practices

Sign Up Now for this Program on Dec. 11th

Leominster Hospital RNS will Picket to “Stop the Cuts & Protect Patient Care” on Nov. 12

RN Strikes, Pickets, Leafleting Headline Actions in 16 States Nov. 12 for Improved Ebola and Patient Safety Standards

National Actions Begin with California Strikes Tuesday In Massachusetts, Nurses to Leaflet the Public at South Station from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. and from 4 – 5 p.m. and at Worcester’s Union Station from 6:30 – 7:30 a.m. and from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. (A copy of the leaflet is attached)

DPH Sends Notice to All Hospital Administrators to Remind Them That ICU Staffing Law is Indeed Now in Effect

MNA/NNU Nurses to Hand Out Information on Ebola at Polling Places Tomorrow

Flyer provides the public with answers to commonly asked questions about Ebola

Leomister RNs' Community Forum a Resounding Success!

Community packs hall in support of protecting patient care

Residents, Patients, Community Leaders, and Legislators to Join Oct. 30 Community Forum that is Focused on Protecting Patient Care at Leominster Hospital

Community expected to turn out in force to air concerns, learn how to mobilize to oppose dangerous changes to how patient care is delivered

MNA/NNU Makes Case for Strong Acuity Tool and Reaffirms Staff Nurses’ Right to Have Final Call on Patient Assignments at ICU Law Listening Session

Health Policy Commission to Hold a Hearing Tomorrow on the New ICU Safe Patient Limits Law

Seeks Nurses Input in Development of Acuity Tool

Here is the PPE RNs Need in Caring for an Ebola Patient

Anything less places nurses at risk

Video of Testimony by MNA Nurses at State House Hearing on Ebola Preparedness for Frontline Caregivers

Protect Patient Care at Leominster Hospital!

Join the Oct. 30 Community Forum to Learn Why Cuts to Leominster's Nursing Staff and the Reorganization of its Patient Care Services Must Be Stopped

Brigham & Women’s Hospital Nurses Hold Press Conference To Alert the Public About Deteriorating Patient Care For the Most Critically Ill Patients

Partners HealthCare has increased patient assignments for nurses in the hospital’s ICUs in direct violation of a new state law requiring one-on-one attention to ensure patient safety

Committee on Public Health to Hold Hearing on Ebola Preparedness for Frontline Caregivers and First Responders at a Time When Nurses Across Mass. Report a Lack of Education, Training and Proper Protective Equipment to Respond to an Outbreak

Video of Press Conference Remarks Regarding Unsafe and Illegal Care Conditions for ICU Patients at Brigham & Women's Hospital

Degradation of Care Continues to Unfold in Central Mass

Brigham & Women’s Hospital Nurses to Hold Press Conference on Oct. 22 to Alert the Public About Deteriorating Patient Care For the Most Critically Ill Patients

Partners HealthCare has increased patient assignments for nurses in the hospital’s ICUs in direct violation of a new state law requiring one-on-one-attention to ensure patient safety

National Nurses United Urges You to Take Action Now! Sign Our Petition to Tell President Obama - Protect Our Nurses

Karen Higgins Offers Powerful, Honest Testimony at State House Oversight Hearing on the Commonwealth's “Readiness” to Respond an Ebola Outbreak

Testimony is met with applause from RNs in audience

Attention Mass. ICU Nurses: Fill Out Our Survey on Patient Acuity To Help Develop Acuity Tool for the New ICU Staffing Law

North Adams City Council to Consider Resolution Calling for Restoration of a Full Service Hospital on Oct. 14

Press Conference Postponed

The MNA Press Conference concerning ICU staffing scheduled for Thursday, October 16, has been postponed.

Ebola – RNs Call for Highest Standards for Protective Equipment, including Hazmat Suits, Hands-On Training Following Report of First Nurse Infection in Dallas

2,000 RNs Across U.S. Say Hospitals Still Lagging.

Ebola: Screening and Managing a Patient While Protecting Yourself

Guidelines from the MNA for Our Members Information provided is the most current but will change; we will update this as new information is received

New Law In Effect This Week Guarantees Safer Patient Care for Critically Ill Patients

MNA Launches TV and Radio Ad Campaign to Raise Public Awareness of the Law.

Picket by MNA Nurses at Cooley Dickinson Averted

“Agreement in Principal” Achieved; Signing of Tentative Agreement on Horizon

Learn More About the New ICU Safe Patient Limits Law

Join Our Telephone Town Meeting on Weds. Oct. 15 at 5 p.m.

Save the Date for October 29 Hearing on ICU Staffing Law

Health Policy Commission Holds Listening Session for Nurses and Others to Assist in Developing an Acuity Tool Under New Law Setting Safe Patient Limits for ICUs To learn more about the law, join our Telephone Town Meeting on October 15.

Public Health Fact Sheet - Asthma & EV-D68

Athol Hospital Nurses Vote to Unionize with Massachusetts Nurses Association/NNU

Athol Hospital RNs vote to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the state’s largest union of RNs and health care professionals.

MNA Files Complaint Against Brigham & Women's Hospital to Stop Mandatory Flu Vaccination Policy

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has filed a complaint against Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Superior Court opposing their proposed mandatory flu vaccination policy.

MNA Analysis of Consultant’s on the Need for Inpatient Services in North Adams

Cooley Dickinson Hospital Nurses Plan Informational Picket

Tuesday, September 30 from 4 – 6 p.m. - As Contract Talks Stall Over Staffing, Overtime and Wages

MNA Statement Regarding the Long-Awaited Consultant's Report on Health Services for Northern Berkshire County

The Report Misses the Mark by Tying the Provision of those Services to Reimbursement Levels and Access to Federal Funding.

Leominster Hospital CEO Refuses to Meet With RNs

Won't Hear Nurses’ Patient Safety Concerns Regarding the Proposed Staffing Cuts, Service Consolidation and Increases to Nurses’ Patient Assignments

Leominster Hospital RNs to Deliver Petition to CEO on Sep. 8 (11:45 a.m.) in Opposition to Proposed Staffing Cuts, Service Consolidation and Increases to Nurses’ Patient Assignments that they Believe Will Jeopardize the Safety of Patients

Nurses call for meeting with the CEO to present their concerns; hospital finally agrees to turn over the consultant’s report that underpins the controversial plan

Join the MNA in NY for the People's Climate March

Sept. 21

RNRN Ebola Alert--Urgent need for West African healthcare workers and survey for US RNs

Northern Berkshire Community Members Gather Tonight

To Sign onto Letter Calling on Health and Human Services Secretary to Provide Broad Public Access to State Consultant's Report Concerning Future Services at the Site of North Adams Regional Hospital

Scholarships Available for Women's Global Health Leadership Program Courses

Register Now for the Labor Campaign for Single Payer's National Strategy Conference

August 22 - 24 in Oakland, CA

Video of UMass Memorial/Health Alliance Nurses’ Press Conference for Safer Patient Care

The Registered Nurses who work at a number of UMass Memorial Health Care facilities represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United held a press conference on July 31 to voice their concerns about a growing system-wide patient safety crisis...

UMass Memorial/Health Alliance Nurses Press Conference To Expose Deteriorating Patient Care at Facilities in the UMass System in the Wake of Dangerous Staffing and Service Cuts

Nurses from UMass Memorial Medical Center campuses in Worcester, Marlborough Hospital and Leominster Hospital Detailed Concerns Prior to Delivering Joint Letter to UMass Memorial Health Care CEO Eric Dickson Calling for Immediate Action to Protect Patients and Improve Care (The full text of the letter may be viewed here)

UMass Memorial/Health Alliance Nurses Hold July 31st Press Conference To Discuss Deteriorating Patient Care at Facilities in the UMass System in the Wake of Dangerous Staffing and Service Cuts

Nurses from UMass Memorial Medical Center campuses in Worcester, Marlborough Hospital and Leominster Hospital to Detail Concerns Prior to Delivering Joint Letter to UMass Memorial Health Care CEO Eric Dickson Calling for Immediate Action to Protect Patients and Improve Care

Nashoba Valley Medical Center Nurses Vote to Unionize with Massachusetts Nurses Association/NNU

Nurses celebrate win for patients, caregivers, and the community

MNA/NNU Resolution to Support U.S. Postal Workers

Don't Buy Staples!

MNA/NNU Mourns the Loss of a Great Leader and Patient Advocate Diane Michael

RNs At UMass Memorial Medical Center Cast “No Confidence” Vote in Chief Nursing Officer Diane Thompson

Nurses Hand-Deliver Letter With Vote Results to UMMMC CEO Eric Dickson Expressing Nurses Outrage Over a “Punitive Organizational Culture” that is Causing a “Serious Deterioration in the Quality of Patient Care” at the Level One Trauma Center

Celebrate with the Stop the Biolab Coalition!

TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS AND ACTIVISTS!!

Governor Signs Landmark Law to Protect Patients by Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in all Intensive Care Units

Senate Passes Landmark Measure to Protect Patients by Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in all Intensive Care Units

Measure Now Moves to the Governor

Senate Passes Landmark Measure to Protect Patients by Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in all Intensive Care Units

Agreement Reached on Landmark Measure to Protect Patients by Setting Safe Patient Limits for Nurses in all Intensive Care Units

Lawrence General Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement for New Contract That Includes an Increase in RN Staffing Levels to Ensure Safer Patient Care

Informational Picket Scheduled for June 26 is Canceled

TV and Radio Ads Launched on Hospital CEOs Receiving Excessive Pay and Storing Public Funds in Cayman Islands

Ads Urge Legislators to Demand Accountability and Transparency

50,000 Signatures Gathered For Two Ballot Initiatives Ensuring That They Go Before the Voters in November:

Patient Safety and Hospital Finance Transparency New Poll Finds Strong Support for Both Initiatives by Mass Voters

MNA/NNU Receives Award for Publication Excellence in category of “Public Service Campaigns, Programs & Plans”

Radio Ad Highlights Hospital CEOs’ Excessive Pay and

Ad is Released as Hospital CEOs Gather for Three Days of Golf, Fine Dining and Networking at the Luxurious Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod

7 in 10 Doctors Favor Pending Legislation to Call for Greater Transparency of Hospital Finances, Profits and CEO Compensation and Believe it Would Protect Funding for Valuable Patient Care Services

Survey Findings Released as Hospital CEOs Gather for Three Days of Golf, Fine Dining and Networking at the Luxurious Chatham Bars Inn on Cape Cod

Nearly One in Four MA Registered Nurses Report Patient Deaths That Are Directly Attributable to Unsafe Patient Assignments

Outraged Legislators Claim the Results Sound the Alarm for Immediate Action on Pending Legislation to Ensure Safe Patient Limits for Safer Patient Care.

Video of Rep. Denise Garlick's Presentation of Shocking Findings of RN Survey on Patient Safety

We Need Your Help In Gathering Signatures for Safe Patient Limits and Hospital Transparency – Click Here to Learn More & Download Petitions

MNA/NNU Mourns the Loss of One of Its Great Leaders and a Pioneer in the Organization’s Efforts to Prevent Workplace Violence

Hundreds of Nurses From Hospitals Across the State Rally for Patient Safety Outside the State House on May 21

The MassNurse Advocate e-pub has arrived!

Hundreds of Nurses From Hospitals Across the State To Rally for Patient Safety Outside the State House on May 21

Urge Legislators to Pass “Patient Safety Act” and “Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act”

Care of mentally ill faulted in report

US survey reviews patient follow-up; state well below national average

DPH Report Finds Unsafe Patient Assignments for Nurses at Cooley Dickinson Hospital Were a Key Factor in Two Deaths on the Maternity Unit

Tragedy Underscores Nurses Call for Law to Set Safe Patient Limits

State House Rally and Lobby Day is May 21!

Help Send the Message that Safe Patient Limits Save Lives and that Taxpayer Dollars Should be Dedicated Exclusively to Safe Patient Care and Needed Services

Boston Medflight Nurses Leaflet Outside Tufts On May 14, Seek Support for First Contract

Press Release: Marlborough Hospital Nurses to Deliver Petition to CEO on May 8 In Appeal for Safer Staffing with Safe Patient Limits to Improve Patient Care

Marlborough Hospital Nurses to Deliver Petition to CEO on May 8 (10:30 a.m.) In Appeal for Safer Staffing with Safe Patient Limits to Improve Patient Care.

New Report Shows a Full Service Hospital is Viable in Northern Berkshire County

Report Tracks 10-Year History of North Adams Regional Hospital, Finds Absent Poor Management and Real Estate Investments, NARH Hospital Was a Going Concern.

MNA/NNU to Present Report on May 6 Providing a Financial Analysis That Shows a Full Service Hospital is Viable in Northern Berkshire County

Report Tracks 10-Year History of North Adams Regional Hospital Highlights Investments and Decisions that Led to Its Illegal Closure

What Would Make RNs Really "Happy?"

Watch this great YouTube Video to find out ...

EXPOSED! Hospitals Stash Millions in Offshore Accounts! “Fat Cat” CEO Mascot Delivers Beach Towels to Legislators to Highlight Money Hidden in Cayman Islands

At a State House press conference today, advocates presented lists of over 40 Massachusetts hospitals with money stored in offshore accounts and urged legislators to demand greater transparency in hospital finances by passing The Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act (H3844).

Looking to help gather signatures but are unsure of where to go?

Then check out one of these suggested locations

With Hospitals Stashing Millions in Offshore Accounts, ‘Fat Cat’ CEO Mascot Delivers Beach Towels to Legislators to Join Him in Cayman Islands

Advocates Urge Legislators to Pass “Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act”

Time to Stop Wall Street's High-Speed Gamblers -- a message from NNU in The New York Times.

Call your members of Congress and urge their support for HR 1579. Click here -> www.robinhoodtax.org/CallCongress

MEDIA ADVISORY - Press Conference & Special Delivery with Photo Opp

With Hospitals Stashing Millions in Offshore Accounts, ‘Fat Cat’ CEO Mascot Delivers Beach Towels to Legislators to Join Him in Cayman Islands.

Act Now to Improve Mental Health Care in Massachusetts: Support State Budget Amendment to Increase Inpatient Beds

In the coming week, the state’s House of Representatives will begin debate over amendments to the state budget, including a vitally important amendment to add desperately needed inpatient psychiatric beds to address a growing mental health crisis in Massachusetts.

UMass Memorial Medical Center/Health Alliance Announces Cuts To Staff & Services at Burbank Hospital Urgent Care Unit and Cancer Cente

Plan Involves 25 - 30 % Cut to Registered Nursing Staff, Replacing Highly Skilled Staff with Lower Paid Unlicensed Aides Incapable of Providing the Care Patients Need In Justifying the Cuts and Lower Standards of Care, Health Alliance’s Oncology Director Stated “We have been too customer friendly for the business.”

North Adams Regional Hospital Nurses To Be Outside and Inside U.S. District Court in Springfield Thursday For Hearing on Status of Bankruptcy Filing by Hospital Owner Seek Restoration of a Full Service Hospital

Where: U.S District Court, 300 State Street, Springfield, MA When: April 24th, Hearing Scheduled for 10 a.m.., Nurses will be Outside Courthouse by 9:30 a.m.

Cambridge Health Alliance to Close Psychiatric Emergency Unit

Decision Comes at a Time of Critical Shortage for Mental Health Services in the State

MNA/NNIU Statement Regarding UMass Memorial Medical Center Cuts to Services and Staff -- Plan Will Undermine the Quality and Safety of Patient Care

Roxbury/South End Residents & Experts to Urge Boston City Councilors to Pass Ordinance Banning Biosafety Level 4 Pathogens from Boston

When: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 4 p.m. Where: Boston City Hall, Council Chamber, 5th Floor

Photo Highlights from today's Community Caravan to Save North Adams Regional Hospital

The North Adams community bus caravan for a full service hospital left Western Massachusetts this morning and made it's way to MEMA headquarters in Framingham. From there it was off to the State House to deliver petitions to the Governor and other legislative leaders. The goal of today's activities was to seek restoration of desperately needed hospital services for Northern Berkshire County.

Concerned Residents, Community Leaders and Workers from North Adams to Board Buses on Tuesday, April 15 for a Trip to the State House to Deliver Petitions to the Governor and Other State Leaders Seeking Restoration of a Full Service Hospital for this Embattled Community

The Group Will Also Make a Stop at MEMA Headquarters in Framingham in a Call for Emergency Response to the Health Care Disaster caused by the Illegal Closing of the Hospital Which has Left 38,000 Residents With NO Access to Needed Services

Marlborough Hospital Nurses Meet With Area Legislators to Discuss Patient Safety Crisis at Their Hospital

Urge Passage of the Patient Safety Act to Set Safe Patient Limits for Safer Patient Care

NORTH ADAMS COMMUNITY MEETING TONIGHT, 5 P.M. AT THE AMERICAN LEGION HALL, 91 AMERICAN LEGION DRIVE, NORTH ADAMS

AS EFFORT CONTINUES TO RESTORE A FULL SERVICE HOSPITAL

North Adams Regional Hospital Nurses To Be Outside and Inside U.S. District Court in Springfield Today For Hearing on Status of Bankruptcy Filing by Hospital Owner Seek Restoration of a Full Service Hospital

Where: U.S District Court, 300 State Street, Springfield, MA When: Hearing Scheduled for 3 p.m., Nurses will be Outside Courthouse by 2:30 p.m.

Call it Prophetic: View Video of NARH ED Nurse Testifying at State House Hearing One Day before Illegal Closure Announcement Touting Potential Solution to Future Situations

MNA/NNU North Adams Nurses Statement Regarding Recent Efforts to Address Closing of North Adams Regional Hospital and Preserve Access to Health Care Services for Northern Berkshire County

MNA Plans to Leaflet Outside the Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel Tonight (from 5 - 6 p.m.) as Policy Makers and Advocates Enter a Dinner to Honor the Governor for His Leadership on Health Care

MNA Plans to Leaflet Outside the Westin Copley Place Boston Hotel Tonight (from 5 - 6 p.m.) as Policy Makers and Advocates Enter a Dinner to Honor the Governor for His Leadership on Health Care

North Adams Community Gathers Tonight at 5 p.m. as Northern Berkshire County Enters its Fourth Day without ER services

Meeting Location: American Legion Hall, 91 American Legion Drive, North Adams

We Have Just Learned State Officials Will Be In North Adams Today to Expedite the Re-Opening of the ED at North Adams Regional Hospital

Story about the Governor's long awaited appearance in North Adams to address a growing public health crisis

Latest News Coverage of the closing of North Adams Regional Hospital

MNA members and staff approached the Governor this morning in Holyoke and asked him about his efforts to save North Adams Regional Hospital

AG Heading Back to Court Right Now Seeking Revision of Temporary Restraining Order That Will Allow the CLOSURE of the ED at North Adams

Staff and Community Appalled by the Decision; Plan Stepped Up Occupation at Hospital!

North Adams Regional Hospital Sends in Police to Evaculate Staff and Occupiers, Hospital ER is Closed

Northern Berkshire County Will Have NO Access to Health Care Services as the State Abandons Those in Need

MEDIA ADVISORY: Today’s Vigil at North Adams Regional Hospital is Now an Occupation!

Concerned residents, officials, workers and local clergy will begin a vigil today

Attorney General Coakley files injunction seeking to keep open North Adams hospital emergency room

MNA/NNU Statement Regarding Closure of North Adams Regional Hospital

Nurses Outraged by this Callous Decision, Vow to Fight the Decision

Emergency Community Meeting Tonight in North Adams to Plan Steps to Save the Hospial

Health Care Experts Call for Governor to Declare a Public Health Emeergency to Prevent the Closure of North Adams Regional Hospital

Nurses and Patient Advocates Pack State House Hearing to Urge Lawmakers to Pass “Patient Safety Act” and “Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act”

Researchers Present Groundbreaking Studies of California vs Massachusetts Hospitals: Mass Patients Receive 30% Less Nursing Care Resulting in Worse Outcomes and Higher Readmissions

North Shore Medical Center Nurses Plan Informational Picket Thursday, March 27 from 2 – 5 p.m.

Golf Tourney Online Registration is OPEN!

Also Up & Running: Registration for the Helicopter Ball Drop Fundraiser

Patient Advocates & Nurses From Hospitals Across the State Testify Monday at State House Hearing

Urge Legislators to Pass “Patient Safety Act” and “Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act”

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Host Community Celebration to Say Thank You to Greenfield & To Pledge Support for Ongoing Efforts to Secure Stability of Hospital Services in Franklin County

Save the Date & Show Your Support for the North Shore Medical Center Nurses

March 27 from 2 – 5 p.m

Baystate VNA Nurses File Charge Against Baystate Health With the

The Charge is One of a Series of Charges Filed Against Baystate with the NLRB for their dealings with nurses

The melting of each snow bank brings us closer to the MNF's annual golf tournament!

Celebrate the coming of spring by registering for this July 7 event now

“Sharing is Caring” Canned Food Drive in February

Fact Sheet on The Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act Ballot Initiative

Mandatory OT for RNs banned! Click here for complete info & violation reporting form

Law in effect as of Nov. 5, 2012

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Hold Vote to Ratify New Contract on Thursday, Feb. 13

Vote to be Held in Hospital Ground Floor Conference Room From 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. With Results Announced Thereafter

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Hold Food Drive Today in Effort to Thank and Give Back to the Community That Stood With Them in Their Two-Year Effort to Win Fair Contract

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement With Baystate Health, Averting One-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike Planned for Feb. 10

Five-Year Agreement Includes Protections Nurses Sought to Prevent the Use of Mandatory Overtime as a Staffing Tool

Statement from NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN

Stand with the RNs of Baystate Franklin Medical Center during their Feb. 10th Strike!

MNA Recognized for the Quality of Its Continuing Education Program for Registered Nurses in the Commonwealth

Receives Accreditation with Distinction Award from ANCC

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Announce Plan to Conduct a One-day Unfair Labor Practice Strike Against Baystate Health on Feb. 10

Nurses Call for Strike in Response to Baystate Health’s Illegal Declaration of Impasse in Negotiations as Management Seeks to undermine Statewide Nursing Standards

Powerful Segment on CBS's 60 Minutes Highlights Failure of our Nation's Mental Health System

Underscores Callous Decision by Governor in Mass to Cut Beds and Services

Governor’s Call for the Closure of Taunton State Hospital

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Express Outrage and File Complaint Against Baystate Health for Its Illegal Declaration of Impasse in Negotiations

Governor’s Call for the Closure of Taunton State Hospital Represents an Abandonment of the Mentally Ill

Cancellation Updates from MNA Region 5

Nurses Again #1 in Honesty, Ethics, 14 of 15 Years in Gallup Poll

Baystate Nurses File Class Action Law Suit Against Baystate Health in Hampden Superior Court. Seek to Recover Unpaid Wages and Overtime for Hours Worked Over Several Years

MNA/NNU Executve Director Julie Pinkham Receives Cushing-Gavin Award for Excellence in Labor/Management Relations

Biolab State court case Wednesday Dec. 11, 2013 at 2 pm-join us

Patient Advocates Hold Press Conference Outside State House, then Deliver 200,000 Signatures in Support of Two Health Care Ballot Initiatives to the Secretary of State’s Office via Hospital Gurney

Patient advocates to hold Dec. 4 press conference outside State House; Will deliver 200,000 signatures to the Sec. of State for two ballot initiatives

The petitions be delivered to the State House by Ambulance. Event will culminate with RNs wheeling petitions on a gurney from the State House to the office of the Secretary of State

Help Save Psychiatric Services at North Adams Regional Hospital

Attend a Community Forum on the Proposed Closure of Greylock Pavilion at North Adams Regional Hospital

DPH Issues Finding Declaring Both the Pediatric and Psychiatric Units at North Adams Regional Hospital are Essential Services that Should Not Be Closed

NNU Disaster Relief Team is on the Ground in Philippines, More than 2,200 Volunteers Recruited – Join Us

More Than 200,000 Signatures Gathered For Two Ballot Initiatives

RNs: Sign Up, Donate Now to Help Our Response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines

MNA/NNU Celebrates Marty Walsh Victory in Race for Mayor of Boston

The Clock is Ticking on the Patient Safety Act Ballot Initiative!

Want safe staffing? Then download a petition sheet NOW and get collecting

Department of Public Health to Hold Public Hearings Nov. 1

Opponents to the Closings Will Present Testimony Detailing the Negative Impact the Loss of these Services Will Have on the Vulnerable Residents of Northern Berkshire County

MNA/NNU Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Publish Op Ed Providing Their Perspective on the Pending Strike

Gloucester School RNs Turn to State Mediator in Ongoing Effort to Finalize Specifics on Pay Equity Agreement

Ballot Initiative to Ensure Taxpayer Health Care Dollars are Dedicated Exclusively to Patient Care and Needed Services is Certified

Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses John McCaul for Re-election

Cites his Efforts to Preserve Vital health Care Services for Greater Taunton Including His Advocacy on Behalf of Children and Families in the Fight to Save the Pediatric Unit at Morton Hospital

Patient Advocates Launch Ballot Initiative Petition Drive in Lynn for Safe Patient Limits in Mass. Hospitals

Patient Advocates Launch Ballot Initiative Petition Drive in the Merrimack Valley/North Shore Area for Safe Patient Limits in Mass. Hospitals

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Authorize a Three-Day Strike

Patient Advocates Launch Ballot Initiative Petition Drive on Southcoast for Safe Patient Limits in Mass. Hospitals

Check Out this Great Video Displaying the Work of the MNA/NNU Over the Past Year

Students at the College of the Holy Cross helping to gather signatures on campus!!

MNA/NNU raises concerns over planned unit closures and treatment changes at North Adams Regional Hospital

MNA 2013 Ballot Results

MNA/NNU launches signature drive for safe patient limits

Join the campaign, help us gather signatures to protect our patients

Joint Committee on Public Health Holds Sep. 24 Hearing

The measure responds to efforts by hospital networks to cut needed services in an effort to boost profits even though the DPH has deemed these services to be essential for the communities served by those hospitals

MNA's Launch to its Ballot Initiative Petition Drive a Resounding Success!

RNs comlete day-long road trip to spread the news and gather signatures

Patient Advocates Launch Ballot Initiative Petition Drive for Safe Patient Limits in Mass. Hospitals

Signature gathering gets underway with kickoff events scheduled in Boston, Worcester and Springfield on Sept. 18

Proposed Jordan Hospital acquisition gets backing at state hearing

Testimony by MNA/NNU Jordan Hospital Co-Chair Kris Kenyon at the DPH Hearing on the BI Merger

Haiti Health Alliance trip planned

Ballot Initiative to Ensure Taxpayer Health Care Dollars are Dedicated Exclusively to Patient Care and Needed Services is Certified

Measure will require hospitals to be transparent about their financial holdings, to limit exorbitant CEO salaries and excessive profits to protect services for communities in need of those services

Visiting nurses who service Northern Worcester County to earn less and lose benefits under HealthAlliance’s contract proposals

As federal mediator joins negotiations, RNs fear attack on contract will lead to staff turnover

Safe Patient Limits Ballot Initiative Certified by Attorney General

Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Settle Negotiations Through Binding Arbitration

Another Accolade for National Nurses United Director, RoseAnn DeMoro

Named 35th Most Influential in Healthcare

National Nurses United Unveils Bold New Ad Charting Third Way in Healthcare Debate

“Our taxes should pay for our healthcare: Seniors have it. Congress has it. Other countries have it. Why not the rest of us?”

Great TV Coverage of the MNA/NNU Ballot Initiative for Safe Patient Limits

MNA/NNU Board Member Sandra Hottin makes strong case for safe limits for safer care

NNU-affiliated Certificate Program in Women’s Global Health Getting Underway; Scholarships Available

To Protect Patients and Improve Care, Mass Nurses File Ballot Initiative for Safer Staffing Levels in Mass. Hospitals

As hospitals focus on profits, patients are being put at risk because they are sharing their nurse with too many other patients, resulting in costly complications and readmissions

Today's Globe Features Story About the MNA/NNU's Effort to Protect Patients By Filing A Ballot Question to Set Safe Maximum Patient Limits in MA Hospitals

To learn more about this campaign, visit PatientSafetyAct.com

MA Boards Meeting Without Quorum

Great pics from last week's community rally in support of the nurses fighting for safe patient care at BFMC in Greenfield!

RNs, Community Leaders to Hold Rally on July 25th Outside BFMC

Will Call Upon Baystate to Restore and Expand Health Care Services for Residents in Franklin County

Medford School RNs Earn Ink in Local Weekly After Filing for Mediation

Save Hospital Services at Baystate Franklin Medical Center-Attend a Community Rally—Keep Care in Franklin County!

The Republican's Coverage of BFMC/NLRB news

News from The Recorder: Hospital [BFMC] faces labor complaint in contract talks

Fed Issues Complaint Against BFMC for Illegal Attempt to Silence RNs and for Their Refusal to Provide Required Info Regarding Its Proposal to Increase Overtime

Complaint latest in a serious of unfair labor practices

Health Policy Commission Approves Guidelines to Determine What Constitutes an Emergency Situation to Allow Mandatory Overtime Under the New Law Prohibiting the Practice

New Rules Allow MOT Only in Rare Circumstances Following Disasters

Improper Bostonian Features Compelling Interview with MNA/NNU Member and Marathon Bombing First Responder Betty Sparks

MNA/NNU Seeks Volunteers to Assist in Promoting Our Call for Safe RN Staffing at the Democratic State Convention

UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Ratify New Contract that Provides Safer RN Staffing to Protect Patient Care

Medford School RNs File for Mediation - Nurses Seek End to Discriminatory Practice

Cancelled: June 26 Meeting for Retired MNA Members

To be rescheduled, so check back here for more info or call Eileen Norton at 781-830-5777.

For-Profit Musical Chairs: Tenet announces plan to purchase Vanguard

Call your legislator in support of Taunton State Hospital!

Call your legislator today and ask him or her to support the Senate version of line item 5095-0015 so that future decisions can be based on the comprehensive study of our mental health system.

MNA/NNU Quincy Medical Center Nurses Ratify Agreement with Steward Health Care To Promote a Healthy Future for Steward Quincy Medical Center, the Community and Patients it Serves

UMass Medical Center Memorial/Hahnemann Campus Nurses Ratify New Contract that Provides Safer Staffing to Protect Patient Care

DPH Issues Finding Declaring Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital an Essential Service

Says Steward Closure Plan Would Deprive Children in Greater Taunton of Access to Needed Care

Critical Care Nursing Expo Photos

National Nurses United and Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorse Ed Markey for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts Special Election

MNA Launches Retiree Group-Next meeting:June 26, 2013 at 12N

MNA/NNU Applauds Decision by Cambridge Health Alliance to Keep Child Psychiatric Unit Open

UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Reach Agreement, Strike Averted

Nurses achieve safer staffing to protect patient care

PRESS RELEASE: UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Reach Agreement-STRIKE AVERTED

Media Advisory: UMass Medical Center University Campus Nurses Strike Update: Final Round of Talks Scheduled from 2 – 6 p.m. Today at DCU Center

Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses To Conduct One-Day Strike on Thursday, May 23

After 20-Hour Negotiating Session, UMass Memorial/Hahnemann Nurses Reach Tenative Agreement to Avert a Strike

Pact Provides Contractually Guaranteed Improvements in Staffing and Protection of Benefits -- University Committee to Return to the Table on Monday

UMass Nurses' Fight for Safe Staffing Continues

Talks Resume Today In Effort to Avert Strike on May 23

UMass Nurses Head Back to the Table Today

Talks Continue as Strike Date Looms

Child Health Advocate's Post on WBUR's CommonHealth Blog Makes Case For Saving Child Psych Unit at CHA

Spread the Word: Support the UMass Nurses in Their Strike for Safe Staffing; Reject Overtures by Scab Agency Looking for Replacement Nurses;

Media Coverage of the DPH Hearing on CHA's Plan to Close its Child Psychiatric Unit

Nurses, activists and parents of patients flood hearing; highlights of testimonies included

Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses to Call for One-Day Strike on May 23

A New Study Finds that Nurses Staffing Levels Impact Readmissions for Pediatric Patients in Hospitals

Study underscores need for legislation to set safe RN staffing levels to protect patients

MNA Endorses Rep. Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston

Cites His Commitment to Issues Important to Nurses, their patients and the state-wide labor movement

DPH to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Child Behavioral Health Unit at Cambridge Hospital

Hearing coincides with “Children’s Mental Health Week,” Opponents to testify on how young children in crisis will suffer immeasurably by the elimination of such services

Yet another study underscores the need for safe RN staffing to protect our patients

Save the Date: DPH Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Morton Hospital’s Pedi Unit Rescheduled to May 21

Pedi Psych Services at CHA Slated for Elimination!

Attend the May 8 DPH Public hearing on this planned closure and help protect children in crisis

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

The resolution responds to concerns by Franklin County residents about the erosion of services once available at BFMC that are now only offered in Springfield

Frontline Nurses Flood State House to Voice Concerns About Proposed Guidelines for New Law to Ban Mandatory Overtime for Nurses

Consumer Reports Issues Report on Nurse and Patient Concerns About Hospital Care - Highlights Importance of Safe RN-to-Patient Staffing Limits

Compelling WBZ-AM Radio Feature Story on MNA/NNU Board Member Betty Sparks and Her Experience Treating Victims of the Marathon Bombing

Free teleconference re the emergency response to the Marathon bombing – tomorrow Friday April 26 12:30-1:30 pm EST.

Public Hearing on New Mandatory Overtime Law Set for Friday, April 26 at 9 a.m.

Special Commission Will Hear Testimony on the Definition of an Emergency Where Mandatory Overtime Could Be Assigned -- Join Us!

Adult Immunization Conference: May 21, 2013

DPH Postpones Public Hearing Today On the Proposed Closure of Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton

Events in Greater Boston Surrounding Manhunt for Suspect in Marathon Bombing Drive Decision; New Date for Hearing Yet to Be Determined

Video Highlights from the Steward Quincy Medical Center Nurses One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care

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

MNA Board Member Betty Sparks – A True Hero at the Scene of Yesterday’s Tragic Bombing

Nurses relied on trauma experience to help bombing wounded

CNN story last night featured two MNA members: one from Tufts Medical Center and one from UMass Memoial Medical Center

Calling all MNA members to the BORN 3.05 subcommittee mtg Wednesday afternoon!! April 17 2013 1pm

MNA Offers Support to Those Impacted by Today’s Explosions in Boston

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!!!!

Great letter from a Pediatrician in Today's Taunton Gazette Opposing the Closing of the Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital

Join the fight to save this unit, attend a DPH public hearing on the closing Friday, April 10, 2 pm at the Taunton Public Library

UMass Medical Center Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote to Authorize a Strike Over Unsafe Patient Care Condisions

Front-Page Story in Today's Patriot Ledger -- UPDATE: Quincy Medical Nurses Begin 24-hour Strike, Picket Line Swells

Hundreds of Quincy Medical nurses and supports begin strike today

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.,

2,000 Nurses at UMass Medical Center to Conduct Strike Vote on April 11

Support the QMC Nurses' Strike For Safe Patient Care at Steward-Quincy Medical Center, April 11

Front-page Story in Today's Taunton Gazette -- Nurses speak out about potential closure of pediatric unit at Morton Hospital in Taunton

Rally for Safe Staffing a Resounding Success at Merrimack Valley Hospital!

Story in Cambridge Chronicle About MNA Opposition to CHA's Plan to Close Child Psychiatric Beds

The Patients of Massachusetts Need YOU at the State House on March 24!

Hearing Scheduled on Our Two Ballot Initiatives: The Patient Safety Act and the Hospital Profit Transparency and Fairness Act ... Help Send the Message that Safe Patient Limits Save Lives & Taxpayer Dollars Should be Dedicated Exclusively to Safe Patient Care and Needed Services