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

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

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

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

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