Please join us in our efforts to save the Pocasset Mental Health Center, which has provided essential inpatient care to psychiatric patients for decades, by signing this petition. Petition ·… Read more »
Author: Jennifer Johnson
Save the Cape & Islands Community Mental Health Center in Pocasset!
Help Save the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children
Please join us in our efforts to save the essential and beloved Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children (PRHC) by signing this petition: Petition · Reconsider the Closure of Pappas Rehabilitation… Read more »
MNA Nurses at Marlborough Hospital to Hold Informational Picket on Sept. 10 in support of Their Patients and the Community
Workplace violence, high RN turnover, and dangerous nurse staffing conditions plague hospital MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — The nearly 180 registered nurses working at Marlborough Hospital, and who are unionized with the… Read more »
Strike Authorization Vote is a Unanimous “Yes” for the VNA Nurses of Cape Cod Healthcare
“Yes” vote empowers union leaders to call a strike at any point, but does not send nurses immediately to the picket line; nurses back at the table tomorrow, Aug. 21… Read more »
Statement by Massachusetts Nurses AssociationIn Response to Governor’s Announcement of Deal for Four Steward Hospitals & Seizure of Fifth hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, by Eminent Domain; The Need Remains to Save Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents more than 3,000 registered nurses working in hospitals impacted by the Steward crisis was pleased to see the announcement today by Governor Healey that… Read more »
MNA Dues Update
Across the Commonwealth, MNA members have recently fought for, and won, union contracts that have included very significant wage increases to help in recruiting and retaining nurses and healthcare professionals,… Read more »
TAKE ACTION: TELL YOUR LEGISLATOR TO FUND THE UNIT 7 CONTRACT
In March 2024 Governor Healey filed legislation (House Bill 4496) to fund the MNA Unit 7 contract nurses and health professionals negotiated and ratified earlier this year. State employee collective… Read more »
Federal Mediator Joins Visiting Nurses Employed by Cape Cod Healthcare at the Contract Table
Request from nurses comes after 10 contract sessions, with little headway made on patient assignments, complexities of delivering care to at-home patients on the Cape, poor staffing, and pay inequity… Read more »
Patients, Caregivers, and Community Groups to Rally to Protect Hospitals Impacted by Steward Crisis; Last of Seven Rallies Scheduled Outside St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center on Monday, April 29 at 3 p.m.
As Steward’s loan agreement nears its April 30th deadline, a growing coalition of residents, healthcare workers, business, community, labor and faith-based organizations has come together to ensure the voice of… Read more »
Statement by Massachusetts Nurses Association President Katie Murphy Regarding Steward Financing Deal to Keep Mass Hospitals Open
“We are relieved to see that a deal has been reached to temporarily preserve access to desperately needed healthcare services provided by the hospitals owned by Steward Healthcare, as the… Read more »
