News & Events
The Voice of Nurses in Massachusetts
The MNA Division of Public Communications raises public awareness of and support for nursing issues by making nurses and nursing front-page news throughout the state and the nation. Below you will find the latest news regarding all facets of the organization. For a listing of upcoming MNA happenings, visit our Events Calendar.
Current News
- 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
- 05.23.2022 RNs & Healthcare Professionals at Steward Morton Hospital Return to Negotiations on Tuesday (May 24) Following a Strike Authorization Vote
- 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
- 05.03.2022 Free Courses Launching Today as part of Nurses Week 2022
- 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
- 04.11.2022 Summer Job Opportunity for RNs
- 04.04.2022 Virtual Forum: Berkshire Medical Center Nurses and Community
- 03.30.2022 Register Now for the Black Maternal Health Conference April 8
- 03.28.2022 Nursing World Rocked by Conviction of Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught
- 03.24.2022 Northeast Hospital Corp. Nurses (Beverly Hospital & Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester) Vote to Authorize Three-Day Strike to Protest Beth-Israel Lahey Health’s Failure to Provide the RN Staffing and Competitive Wages Needed to Stem the Exodus of Nurses to Ensure Safe Patient Care
- 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
- 03.24.2022 A Survey for ICU Nurses
- 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
- 03.17.2022 MNF Scholarships are now available
- 03.11.2022 A Survey for ICU Nurses
- 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
- 02.17.2022 Register Now for the 2022 MNA Labor Summit
- 02.16.2022 Full-Time and Adjunct Nursing Faculty Positions Open at Roxbury Community College
- 02.14.2022 DPH Survey Results Regarding Clinicians Experience with Environmental Exposures
- 02.08.2022 MNA Celebrates Black History Month by Highlighting Achievements of Black Nurses Throughout History
- 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
- 02.03.2022 Years of Understaffing Exacerbated by Pandemic Drives 40% Loss of Nursing Staff at Northeast Hospital Corporation (Beverly Hospital & Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester) in the Last Three Years
- 01.20.2022 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Call for Urgent Action from Governor Baker on 14 Critical COVID-19 Safety Recommendations
- 01.18.2022 MNA Nurses to Hold January 20 Informational Picket at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford to Urge Southcoast Health to Settle a Strong RN Contract that Improves Conditions for Patients, Nurses
- 01.11.2022 Upcoming Rally to Support Morton Hospital Healthcare Professionals Will Call on Management to Take Necessary Steps to “Keep Our Healthcare Professionals Local”
- 01.11.2022 MNA Nurses Call Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Lax Visitor Policy Unsafe During Omicron COVID Surge; Nurses Worry Hospital is Super Spreader
- 01.03.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Cast Overwhelming Vote to Ratify New Contract Ending the Longest Nurses Strike in State History at 301 Days
- 12.23.2021 Berkshire VNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Massachusetts Nurses Association and Unite to Improve Conditions for Patients, Clinicians, and the Community
- 12.21.2021 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Set Jan. 3 for a Vote to Ratify a New Contract and End Their Strike
- 12.21.2021 Family-Centered Unit Nurses at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford Send Letter to Vice President Kamala Harris Seeking Support in Addressing Maternal Health Challenges Related to Unsafe Staffing Conditions
- 12.20.2021 Elected Nurses and Healthcare Professionals of the MNA Board of Directors Call for Public Indoor Mask Mandate as COVID-19 Surges and Lack of Hospital Capacity Threatens Safety of Patients, Caregivers and Communities
- 12.17.2021 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses and Tenet Healthcare Reach Tentative Agreement Clearing the Way for an End to the Historic Nine-Month Strike Pending Ratification by the Nurses
- 12.14.2021 Brigham Nurses Call for DPH Investigation into Hospital Compliance with COVID-Related Surgical Reduction Order as Mass General Brigham Reports $442 Million in Profits
- 12.07.2021 As Pandemic Rages On, Nurses at Lawrence General Hospital File Charge with NLRB Aimed at Correcting Management’s Failure to Bargain in Good Faith During Contract Talks
- 12.07.2021 In December 2021, the Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Health Professions Licensure (BHPL), including the Board of Registration in Nursing will relocate
