2013 News
- 05.17.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert: After 20-Hour Negotiating Session UMass Memorial/Hahnemann Committee Reaches Tentative Agreement!
- 05.17.2013 After 20-Hour Negotiating Session, UMass Memorial/Hahnemann Nurses Reach Tenative Agreement to Avert a Strike
- 05.17.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert! University Committee to Return to the Table on Monday at DCU
- 05.16.2013 UMass Nurses' Fight for Safe Staffing Continues
- 05.16.2013 UMass Nurses Head Back to the Table Today
- 05.16.2013 Child Health Advocate's Post on WBUR's CommonHealth Blog Makes Case For Saving Child Psych Unit at CHA
- 05.15.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert: At Talks With University Team Today Management Made the Same "Last Best and Final Offer" -- Talks Scheduled for Tomorrow With Both Teams, 1:30 Open Mtg at Coral Canceled 6 p.m. Meeting Still On
- 05.14.2013 Interested in Obtaining a BSN? Join us for an Information Session on June 18
- 05.14.2013 Spread the Word: Support the UMass Nurses in Their Strike for Safe Staffing; Reject Overtures by Scab Agency Looking for Replacement Nurses;
- 05.13.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert! Mediator Confirms Negotiation Dates Set for May 14, 15, 20 & 21
- 05.10.2013 Media Coverage of the DPH Hearing on CHA's Plan to Close its Child Psychiatric Unit
- 05.10.2013 Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses to Call for One-Day Strike on May 23
- 05.09.2013 A New Study Finds that Nurses Staffing Levels Impact Readmissions for Pediatric Patients in Hospitals
- 05.07.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks With Memorial Team Today End With No Significant Movement on Staffing or Other Key Issues of Concern
- 05.06.2013 MNA Endorses Rep. Marty Walsh for Mayor of Boston
- 05.06.2013 Montague Town Meeting Passes Resolution Calling Upon Baystate Health System to Commit All Necessary Resources to Ensure Baystate Franklin Medical Center Can Meet the Health Care Needs of Franklin County Residents in Franklin County
- 05.06.2013 DPH to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Child Behavioral Health Unit at Cambridge Hospital
- 05.03.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks With University Team Tdday End With No Significant Movement on Staffing or Other Key Issues of Concern
- 05.01.2013 Yet another study underscores the need for safe RN staffing to protect our patients
- 05.01.2013 UMMMC Contract Alert: Talks Resume on May 3 & 6, Still Await Management Staffing Response
- 04.30.2013 Save the Date: DPH Public Hearing on Proposed Closure of Morton Hospital’s Pedi Unit Rescheduled to May 21
- 04.30.2013 Pedi Psych Services at CHA Slated for Elimination!
- 04.30.2013 Deerfield Town Meeting Passes Resolution Calling Upon Baystate Health System to Commit All Necessary Resources to Ensure Baystate Franklin Medical Center Can Meet the Health Care Needs of Franklin County Residents in Franklin County
- 04.29.2013 Huffington Post Covers BU BioLab
- 04.26.2013 Frontline Nurses Flood State House to Voice Concerns About Proposed Guidelines for New Law to Ban Mandatory Overtime for Nurses
- 04.25.2013 Consumer Reports Issues Report on Nurse and Patient Concerns About Hospital Care - Highlights Importance of Safe RN-to-Patient Staffing Limits
- 04.25.2013 Compelling WBZ-AM Radio Feature Story on MNA/NNU Board Member Betty Sparks and Her Experience Treating Victims of the Marathon Bombing
- 04.25.2013 Free teleconference re the emergency response to the Marathon bombing – tomorrow Friday April 26 12:30-1:30 pm EST.
- 04.23.2013 Public Hearing on New Mandatory Overtime Law Set for Friday, April 26 at 9 a.m.
- 04.23.2013 Adult Immunization Conference: May 21, 2013
- 04.19.2013 DPH Postpones Public Hearing Today On the Proposed Closure of Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
- 04.18.2013 Video Highlights from the Steward Quincy Medical Center Nurses One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care
- 04.17.2013 Department of Public Health to Hold Public Hearing April 19 On the Proposed Closure of a 13-bed Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
- 04.16.2013 MNA Board Member Betty Sparks – A True Hero at the Scene of Yesterday’s Tragic Bombing
- 04.16.2013 Nurses relied on trauma experience to help bombing wounded
- 04.15.2013 Calling all MNA members to the BORN 3.05 subcommittee mtg Wednesday afternoon!! April 17 2013 1pm
- 04.15.2013 MNA Offers Support to Those Impacted by Today’s Explosions in Boston
- 04.13.2013 Save the Date and Plan to Attend a DPH Public Hearing on the Proposed Closure of the Steward Morton Hospital Pediatric Unit on April 19th at 2 p.m. at the Taunton Public Library!!!!
- 04.13.2013 Great letter from a Pediatrician in Today's Taunton Gazette Opposing the Closing of the Pediatric Unit at Steward Morton Hospital
- 04.12.2013 UMass Medical Center Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote to Authorize a Strike Over Unsafe Patient Care Condisions
- 04.11.2013 Front-Page Story in Today's Patriot Ledger -- UPDATE: Quincy Medical Nurses Begin 24-hour Strike, Picket Line Swells
- 04.11.2013 Hundreds of Quincy Medical nurses and supports begin strike today
- 04.10.2013 Diminished Patient Protection Forces Steward-Quincy Medical Center Nurses to Conduct One-Day Strike for Safe Patient Care on Thursday April 11 Beginning at 6 a.m.,
- 04.10.2013 2,000 Nurses at UMass Medical Center to Conduct Strike Vote on April 11
- 04.10.2013 Support the QMC Nurses' Strike For Safe Patient Care at Steward-Quincy Medical Center, April 11
- 04.09.2013 Register Now-8th Annual MNA Clinical Nursing Conference
- 04.08.2013 Front-page Story in Today's Taunton Gazette -- Nurses speak out about potential closure of pediatric unit at Morton Hospital in Taunton
- 04.08.2013 Rally for Safe Staffing a Resounding Success at Merrimack Valley Hospital!
- 04.08.2013 Story in Cambridge Chronicle About MNA Opposition to CHA's Plan to Close Child Psychiatric Beds
- 04.05.2013 Federal Mediator Calls for Negotiations on Monday, April 8 Between Quincy Medical Center Nurses and Cerberus-Steward Management Prior to April 11 Planned Strike
