Nurses’ vote sends a strong message to Baystate to end illegal staffing proposal and settle fair contract that protects patient safety and local care GREENFIELD, Mass. – Registered nurses at… Read more »
Year: 2026
Baystate Franklin Nurses Vote 98.2% to Authorize a Potential Strike After Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charge to Protect Patient Care
Baystate Franklin Nurses to Hold Strike Authorization Vote April 14 After Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Illegal Baystate Staffing Proposal
Nurses filed unfair labor practice charge as Baystate illegally ties nurse-patient safety limits to use of non-union float nurses GREENFIELD, Mass. – Registered nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center (BFMC),… Read more »
MNA Offices to Be Closed April 9 – 10th For Board of Directors/Staff Retreat
Process Launched to Reimagine MNA’s Role in Better Supporting Members to Meet Emerging Changes in Healthcare and the Broader Society We wanted to alert members that the MNA offices will… Read more »
Baystate Franklin Nurses to Hold Informational Picket April 7 as Community Supports Fight for Patient Safety and Keeping Care Local
Nurses are calling for safe RN staffing, regionally competitive wages, and other contractual protections to keep care local in Franklin County GREENFIELD, Mass. – Registered nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical… Read more »
Boston Globe: Workers fear ‘quiet closing’ at Canton hospital for disabled children
CANTON — Workers at a residential hospital for disabled children in Canton fear the state is quietly starving the historic facility of patients despite claiming to have abandoned a closure… Read more »
RNs at Five UMass Memorial Hospitals to Hold Informational Pickets Across Central Mass. on Thursday, March 26
Worcester, MA — Registered nurses with the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) working at five separate UMass Memorial hospital campuses (see list below) will hold coordinated informational pickets on Thursday, March 26…. Read more »
Pappas Rehab Staff to Hold March 25th Press Conference to Announce Overwhelming Vote of No Confidence In DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein for “Actions that Represent the Abandonment of the Facility’s Mission” to Care for the State’s Most Vulnerable Children with Disabilities
After Goldstein failed in his effort to close the facility last year, Pappas staff and families continue to raise concerns about the DPH’s ongoing effort to discharge Pappas patients while… Read more »
DPH Presses MGB for Answers on Burn Unit Closure Plan, Echoing Nurses’ Concerns About Safety and Capacity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
State regulators say MGB failed to adequately address staff competency and burn care capacity, which are core patient safety issues raised by Brigham nurses BOSTON, Mass. – The Massachusetts Department… Read more »
MNA Clinicians with Mass General Brigham Home Care to Hold Informational Picket March 24 Outside Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinicians call on MGB to agree to a first MNA contract that supports them as they provide essential home care to patients across the region BOSTON, Mass. – Clinicians of… Read more »
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