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Press Releases and Articles from the MNA Newsletter
- 01.30.2023 MNA Nurses to Picket February 1 Outside Brigham and Women’s Hospital as Patient Care and Working Conditions Suffer Under the Sway of MGB Corporate
- 01.26.2023 Ask Your Legislators: Sponsor MNA Patient Safety, Workplace Violence and Hospital Closure Bills
- 01.19.2023 New Approach to Safe Patient Limits on Beacon Hill by MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Joins Legislation to Tackle Longstanding & Untenable Staffing Conditions Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- 01.12.2023 Gallup 2023 Survey Shows Nurses Trusted as Most Honest, Ethical for 22nd Straight Year
- 01.11.2023 MNA Board of Directors Highlights December 2022
- 01.10.2023 MNA Stands With NYSNA Nurses on Strike
- 12.15.2022 Political Hate Targeting Vulnerable Communities and Healthcare Workers, and Bomb Threats Against Boston Children’s Hospital Prompt Condemnation from MNA Board of Directors
- 12.12.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Outraged by Government’s Announcement Of $1.7 Million Fine Against Tenet/St. Vincent Hospital for Overcharging for Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- 11.22.2022 Anna Jaques Hospital RNs Go Public with Concerns for Patient Safety Resulting from Lack of Needed Staff & Closure of Essential Services
- 11.17.2022 Milford Regional Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify First MNA Contract, Featuring Significant Investments in Nurses, and Strong Protections to Help Improve Patient Care Conditions
- 10.28.2022 WATCH: St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Deliver CEO a Petition about Unsafe Staffing, Elimination of IV Team
- 10.27.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses to Hold Press Conference to Detail Serious Deficiencies in Patient Care & Deliver Petition to CEO on Oct. 27th (12 noon) in Opposition to Tenet Plan to Eliminate the Hospital’s IV Therapy Team, a Callous Decision That Will Compromise Care and Could Harm Vulnerable Patients
- 10.19.2022 MNA Joins Sen. Warren and Rep. Pressley for Student Debt Cancellation Tour October 25
- 10.14.2022 New State Report on Behavioral Health and Readmissions Shows Need for Stronger Protection of Essential Healthcare Services and Real Solutions to Hospital Staffing Crisis
- 09.30.2022 Newton-Wellesley Hospital Nurses Vote for New Contract that Invests in Caregivers to Improve Patient Care and Help Overcome COVID-19 Staffing Impacts
- 08.31.2022 MNA Convention October 6: Register Now!
- 08.12.2022 Baystate Franklin Nurses Vote to Ratify Contract Agreement that Invests in Local Caregivers to Improve Conditions for Patients and the Community
- 07.11.2022 Registered Nurses of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Massachusetts Nurses Association and Unite to Improve Conditions for Patients and Caregivers
- 07.05.2022 DPH will Hold a Public Hearing Tomorrow (July 6th) on Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s Plan to Close Outpatient Oncology Services at MetroWest Medical Center to Determine if it is an Essential Service for the Framingham Community
- 06.30.2022 Steward Morton Hospital RNs and Health Professionals Cast Overwhelming Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract with Significant Wage Hikes and Other Improvements to Help Retain Staff to Ensure Quality Patient Care
- 06.24.2022 MNA Board of Directors' Statement on 'Dangerous and Unjust' June 24 SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v. Wade
- 06.16.2022 U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on Healthcare Worker Burnout Matches COVID-19 Experiences of Massachusetts Nurses and Exposes Failure of Healthcare Executives to Follow Recommendations
- 06.14.2022 Sign the Petition: Save the North Shore Birth Center at Beverly Hospital!
- 06.09.2022 Joint Statement by AFT MA, MNA, MTA and MSNO on Gun Violence
- 06.06.2022 Deadly Tulsa Hospital Shooting Renews Urgency for Stronger Violence Protection for Massachusetts Nurses and Healthcare Professionals as MNA Legislation Advances in House and Senate
- 05.26.2022 Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Maura Healey for Governor
- 05.24.2022 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify Strong MNA Contract and as COVID Surges Call for Immediate Fixes to Emergency Department Problems Impacting Patient Care Quality
- 05.12.2022 Nurses and Healthcare Professionals at Morton Hospital Cast Overwhelming Vote to Authorize a Three-Day Strike Following Their Filing of Unfair Labor Practice Charge
- 05.10.2022 Northeast Hospital Corp. Nurses Ratify New Three-year Contract Ensuring Better RN Staffing, Competitive Wages and Improved Health Insurance Benefits
- 05.09.2022 Recovery Centers of America Offers Confidential Addiction Recovery Designed for Frontline Healthcare Workers
- 05.06.2022 As Heywood Healthcare Discusses Affiliation with UMass Memorial, MNA Nurses Call for Restoration of Essential Services at Heywood Hospital
- 05.05.2022 Massachusetts Nurses Warn of Rapidly Deteriorating Patient Care Quality and Widespread Unsafe Conditions as they Call for Improvements to Staffing, Pay and Benefits in Latest ‘State of Nursing’ Survey Released for National Nurses Week
- 05.04.2022 Elected Nurses and Healthcare Professionals of the MNA Board of Directors Respond to Dangerous and Unjust Draft U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Reverse Roe v. Wade
- 05.02.2022 Baby Brigade on May 6 outside Baystate Franklin Medical Center to Honor Mother’s Day and Mark Beginning of National Nurses Week as BFMC Nurses Seek a Fair MNA Contract
- 04.26.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses File Charge of Unfair Labor Practice and Seek Injunction to Stop Move by Tenet to Unilaterally Impose 12-Hour Shifts in Violation of the Nurses Union Rights & Tenet’s Expressed Commitment to Create a Positive Work Environment Following Strike
- 04.26.2022 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses to Deliver Petition to Board Chair on April 27 Calling on Baystate Health to Value Nurses, Protect Patients and Keep Care Local
- 04.21.2022 Berkshire Medical Center MNA Nurses, Local Caregivers and Supporters Welcome Public to April 25 Virtual Forum on the Need to Recruit and Retain Staff for Quality Patient Care
- 04.04.2022 Virtual Forum: Berkshire Medical Center Nurses and Community
- 03.28.2022 Nursing World Rocked by Conviction of Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught
- 03.24.2022 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Rally March 28 Outside Northampton VA as Part of Coalition to Save the Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- 03.21.2022 MNA Board of Directors Statement of Support for the People and Caregivers of Ukraine
- 03.21.2022 15th Annual MNA Clinical Conference Programming and Registration Info
- 03.02.2022 Greenfield City Council President Sheila Gilmour and Western Mass Area Labor Federation to Host Virtual Community Forum with Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses on March 9
- 02.28.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Vote to Keep Their Union with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and with it, to Keep Their New Contract Providing Significant Improvements in Staffing, Patient Care, Wages & Benefits
- 02.26.2022 MNA Nurses at St. Luke’s Hospital Vote to Ratify First Union Contract, Bringing Improvements and Strong Standards Benefitting Patients, Nurses, and the Community
- 02.23.2022 Massachusetts Nurses Association Remembers Dr. Paul Farmer as a Fearless Advocate for Social and Healthcare Justice
- 02.18.2022 Milford Regional Medical Center Nurses to Hold Anniversary Rally and Press Conference on February 22 as They Seek Solutions to Struggles Facing Patients and Caregivers
- 02.17.2022 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Virtual Community Forum March 9, 2022
- 02.07.2022 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Join Healthcare Watchdog and National Nurses United in Calling for the Creation of an Independent Presidential Federal COVID-19 Committee
