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
- 09.18.2017 | Community Town Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 19 in Pittsfield Focuses on Patient Care Concerns of Berkshire Medical Center Nurses and the Public
- 09.07.2017 | Ballot Campaign for Safe Patient Limits in Hospitals Gets Underway
- 09.06.2017 | Safe Patient Limits Ballot Initiative Certified by Attorney General; Measure will Protect Patients and Improve Care in Massachusetts Hospitals
- 08.31.2017 | Thinking of Volunteering in Texas?
- 08.30.2017 | Contract Talks Monday Between Berkshire Medical Center RNs and Management Ended With Management Refusing to Make Any Proposals
- 08.29.2017 | A detailed summary of more than 437 official reports of unsafe patient care conditions at BMC
- 08.22.2017 | Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Visit Board Trustee in Pittsfield on Wednesday, Aug. 23 as RNs Seek a Fair Contract that Protects Patient Care
- 08.22.2017 | Attention MNA Proposed Bylaw Changes
- 08.17.2017 | Calling All MNA Bargaining Units-Donate a Themed Gift Basket to Benefit MNF!
- 08.17.2017 | Massachusetts Nurses Association Statement on the Attorney General’s Letter about the former North Adams Regional Hospital’s Endowment Funds and Trustee Action Related to the Hospital’s Illegal Closure
- 08.16.2017 | Baystate Franklin and Noble Nurses Vote to Reject Management’s ‘Best and Final’ Contract Offers; Noble RNs Authorize One-Day Strike
- 08.14.2017 | UPDATE: Sign Up to Learn How to Collect Safe Patient Limits Ballot Question Signatures
- 08.09.2017 | Berkshire Medical Center RNs File Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Hospital’s Refusal to Provide Health Insurance Data Necessary for Negotiations
- 08.07.2017 | Join us in Quincy for a day of education and networking at the ACMA Massachusetts Chapter Case Management Conference and receive up-to-date tips, tools and information to advance your practice, while networking with peers and earning CE credits
- 08.03.2017 | Nurses to Picket Baystate Corporate HQ in Springfield on Monday, Aug. 7 to Advocate for Safe Patient Care
- 07.31.2017 | Baystate Nurses United
- 07.26.2017 | Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize One-Day Strike to Ensure Safe RN Staffing that Protects Patient Care
- 07.25.2017 | Fight for Safe Staffing with Berkshire Medical Center Nurses
- 07.18.2017 | Family, Colleagues of Nurse Elise Wilson Who Was Attacked at Harrington Hospital to Testify Wednesday, July 19 in Favor of ‘Elise’s Law’ to Prevent Health Care Workplace Violence
- 07.14.2017 | Tufts Nurses on Friday, July 14 to Deliver to Tufts Medical Center a Giant $96 Million Check Representing Pension Savings Rejected by Hospital Management
- 07.14.2017 | Nurses’ a.m. rally on July 15 will be jam-packed with local legislators; interfaith prayer vigil on Sunday, July 16 at 7 p.m.
- 07.13.2017 | 1,200 Tufts Medical Center Nurses Fighting for Safe Patient Care to End One-Day Strike on Thursday, July 13 at 6:59 a.m. and Attempt to Return to Caring for Patients
- 07.13.2017 | Union Carpenters and Boston Building Trades Members to March and Rally with Tufts Medical Center Nurses on Thursday, July 13 and Friday, July 14
- 07.11.2017 | Tufts Medical Center Nurses Will Wage One-Day Strike on July 12 As Last-Ditch Talks Fail to Reach Agreement
- 07.10.2017 | Tufts Medical Center Nurses to Return to Negotiations Tuesday, July 11 in Attempt to Avert One-Day Patient Safety Strike
- 07.10.2017 | Nurses, Firefighters, Lawmakers, DA’s Offices to Testify Tuesday, July 11 at the State House in Favor of Bill to Strengthen Penalties Against Assaults on Health Care Workers
- 07.06.2017 | As Tufts Nurses Head Back to Table on Friday to Avert a Strike, Nurses Raise Safety Concerns About TMC's Plan to Bring in Strike Replacement Nurses
- 07.06.2017 | Region 1 Labor School: The Collective Bargaining Process
- 07.01.2017 | Tufts RNs to Hold One-Day Strike on July 12
- 06.28.2017 | Daily Hampshire Gazette Reports on Model Hospital-MNA Partnership to Prevent Domestic Violence
- 06.27.2017 | MNA Region One 2017 Annual Retreat
- 06.26.2017 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses to End One-Day Strike on Tuesday, June 27; RNs Locked Out by Baystate Plan to March on Baystate Board Member
- 06.26.2017 | 3 Ways to Support Baystate Franklin Nurses on Strike
- 06.23.2017 | Nurses Prepare to be Locked Out by Baystate Franklin Medical Center at 7 p.m. Sunday Ahead of June 26 One-Day Strike
- 06.14.2017 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Issue Official Strike Notice as Contract Talks End Yesterday with No Movement by Baystate on Key Issues
- 06.09.2017 | RNs at Tufts Medical Center Reject Management’s “Last, Best, and Final Offer” by Overwhelming Margin
- 06.07.2017 | Register Now for the Labor Program: Researching the Employer-Class
- 06.06.2017 | Nurses and Patient Advocates Testified at State House Hearing Today on Hospital Profit Transparency & Fairness Act
- 06.05.2017 | RNs at Baystate Franklin Medical Center Launch Radio Ad Campaign
- 05.30.2017 | Mercy Medical Center and Providence Hospital RNs Create Model Domestic Violence Prevention Program in Partnership with Sisters of Providence Health System
- 05.25.2017 | Letter to the Editor: MNA Nurses Support Staff Organizing with 1199SEIU at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
- 05.16.2017 | Baystate Franklin MOT DPH Reports
- 05.16.2017 | Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Worked 3,980 Shifts Longer Than 12 Hours in One Year; RNs Detail Nursing Practice Concerns in Letter to Hospital President
- 05.15.2017 | BFMC RN Letter to President 5.15.17
- 05.15.2017 | BFMC RN Letter to President 5.8.17
- 05.11.2017 | 'State of Nursing in Massachusetts' Survey Released for National Nurses Week - Results Strike Alarm for Patient Safety amid Drastic Changes to Health Care
- 05.05.2017 | Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Deliver Petition to CEO David Phelps Calling for a Fair Contract that Protects Patients and Treats Nurses Fairly
- 05.02.2017 | Community Leaders Deliver Petition in Support of Nurses to Baystate Franklin Medical Center President Cindy Russo
- 04.26.2017 | Join Raise Up Massachusetts on May 6 to Bring Economic and Social Justice to MA
