Bill to assess the state of healthcare in Massachusetts and access to essential services pairs with MNA legislation giving the public more enforcement over hospital closures BOSTON, Mass – As… Read more »
Author: Joe Markman
Lawmakers to Hold June 25 Hearing on Bill to Study Access to Essential Healthcare Services Across Massachusetts as Hospital Closures Devastate Patients and Communities
Lawmakers to Examine Legislation to Protect Patients, Nurses, and Healthcare Professionals from Unsafe Staffing, Violence, and Lifting Injuries on June 23 at State House Hearing
Decades of research support legislation to enact safe patient limits for nurses; the bill would task DPH with implementing enforceable limits in hospitals State legislators to also review bills to… Read more »
Holy Family Hospital Healthcare Professionals Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize with MNA to Ensure Excellent Patient Care and Secure Professional Respect
76 healthcare professionals have joined the Massachusetts Nurses Association to gain a real voice in decisions impacting patient care and working conditions METHUEN and HAVERHILL, Mass. – The healthcare professionals… Read more »
Cooley Dickinson Hospital MNA Nurses to Hold Informational Picket June 3 in Northampton
Nurses and Community Call for Investment from Mass General Brigham Amid Staffing Crisis, Wage Stagnation, and Proposed Benefit Cuts NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – The registered nurses of Cooley Dickinson Hospital,… Read more »
End of an Era: Longtime MNA Executive Director and Fierce RN Advocate Julie Pinkham Retires
End of an era… Julie Pinkham’s last day as MNA Executive Director, was Friday, May 9, 2025. Julie has been our ED since December 2000. Prior to that, she served in… Read more »
Watch: MNA President Katie Murphy Speaks to Why Nurses Matter for Nurses Week 2025
This National Nurses Week, May 6 to 12, MNA nurses share #WhyNursesMatter. Normally, this week is celebrated with pizza, cookies, cards, and thank you notes. While MNA nurses and healthcare… Read more »
2025 State of Massachusetts Nursing Survey: RNs Raise Alarms Over Patient Care Quality, Unsafe Staffing, and Growing Violence Amid Deepening Healthcare Crisis
78% of nurses say hospital care quality has deteriorated over the past two years as understaffing remains nurses’ top obstacle Nurses face increased challenges related to decreased support staff, not… Read more »
Mass. DPH Deems Level II B Nursery at Tenet/Framingham Union Hospital an Essential Service “Necessary for Preserving Access and Health Status Within the Hospital’s Service Area”
The DPH finding follows a jampacked public hearing where residents, policymakers, caregivers and community advocates turned out to deliver three hours of compelling testimony in unanimous opposition to Tenet’s decision… Read more »
Mass General Brigham Occupational Health Nurses and NPs Vote to Join the MNA in Successful Union Election
The nurses and NPs of MGB occupational health services unionized to improve patient care and secure an equal voice in workplace decision making BOSTON, Mass. – The 24 registered nurses… Read more »
Statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors on FMCS Mediators Being Placed on Leave
The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) strongly condemns the Trump Administration’s unprecedented decision to place Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) mediators on leave as of 5 p.m. on March 26…. Read more »
