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
- 06.18.2018 Mass SJC Rules Ballot Measure to Set Safe Patient Limits is Valid Decision Clears Path for Patient Safety Act to Be on the Ballot in November
- 06.15.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement that Improves Staffing and Patient Care and Averts One-Day Strike
- 06.12.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract that Marks a Major Success for Patients, Nurses, All Caregivers and the Public
- 06.05.2018 Hear why Dotty Nygard, an ED nurse in California, supports Safe Patient Limits for patients and nurse in Massachusetts
- 06.05.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule 24-hour Strike for Monday, June 18 after Management Refuses to Make Staffing and Patient Care Improvements
- 05.29.2018 UMass Memorial Health Alliance in Leominster Plans to Close Pediatric Unit Depriving Children and Families of Access to Care Close to Home
- 05.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement that Benefits Patients, Nurses and the Public
- 05.11.2018 Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Representative Michael Capuano for Re-Election
- 05.07.2018 ‘State of Patient Care in Massachusetts’ Survey Released for National Nurses Week Finds Nurses Sounding the Alarm Over Deteriorating Conditions for Hospitalized Patients and Need for Safe Patient Limits
- 05.07.2018 During National Nurses Week, Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Rally, Highlighting 500+ Unsafe Staffing Forms Filed by RNs
- 04.30.2018 Hearing on 4/30: Call Lawmakers to Support Safe Patient Limits
- 04.23.2018 The Challenges of Managing the Illicit Drug Use Delimma: A CE Class based in Canton for MNA and Non-MNA Members
- 04.16.2018 Remembering Dorothy McCabe
- 04.09.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Schedule Actions during One-Day Strike for Patient Safety and the Hospital’s Threatened Lock Out
- 04.09.2018 Update on the State's Requirement That You Take an Approved "Sexual & Domestic Violence Prevention" Course
- 04.03.2018 National Labor Relations Board Finds Merit to Three Unfair Labor Practice Charges against Berkshire Medical Center
- 04.03.2018 Steward Plans to Close DPH-deemed Essential Maternity Services at Morton Hospital Called into Question by DPH, Community Leaders and Caregivers
- 04.03.2018 Nurses and Community to Hold Patient Safety Vigil April 5 in Greenfield Ahead of One-Day Strike at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
- 04.02.2018 National Labor Relations Board Issues Complaint against West Springfield-Based Trinity Health at Home for Refusing to Negotiate with Nurses
- 03.26.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Issue Notice for 24-Hour Strike on April 11 after Baystate Refuses to Improve Patient Care
- 03.19.2018 Join the MNA at MNA Nurse Appreciation Night at Fenway! Tuesday May 15
- 03.15.2018 Unionized Nurses at Tobey Hospital Reach Winning Settlement against Southcoast Hospitals Group on Both NLRB Charge and New Contract
- 03.15.2018 Committee Advances Nurse-Backed Bill to Help Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Patients Languishing in Emergency Departments
- 03.07.2018 MNA Nurse Interviewed by NECN about Saving Morton Maternity (Video)
- 03.01.2018 DPH Issues Ruling Declaring Maternity Unit at Steward Morton Hospital an Essential Service That Must Be Maintained
- 02.28.2018 Register Now for the Labor School Program: Understanding the Janus Case
- 02.23.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice, Talks to Continue
- 02.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice as They Seek Fair Agreement That Protects and Improves Patient Care
- 02.20.2018 Greenfield City Councilors Will Travel to Springfield on Wednesday to Demand Action from CEO and Trustees on BFMC Patient Care and a Fair Contract
- 02.16.2018 State Rep. Harold Naughton to Host Community Forum on Feb, 20 on the Need for UMass Health Alliance to Preserve Essential Services at Clinton Hospital
- 02.16.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Schedule One-Day Strike for Wednesday, Feb. 28
- 02.16.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule Patient Safety Vigil as One-Day Strike Nears
- 02.14.2018 Department of Public Health to Hold Public Hearing Feb. 16 On the Proposed Closure of the Maternity Unit at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton
- 02.14.2018 All MNA Members: Activist Assembly March 22, 2018
- 02.13.2018 Congressman Jim McGovern Offers to Host Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurse Negotiations
- 02.09.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Authorize Potential Second One-Day Strike
- 02.08.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule One-Day Strike for Tuesday, Feb. 27
- 02.01.2018 YOU DID IT! GIC Reverses Course on Health Plans
- 01.31.2018 Upcoming Domestic and Sexual Violence Training Starting in March Register Now Here!
- 01.30.2018 GIC OVERSIGHT HEARING AT THE STATE HOUSE- WEDNESDAY, 1/31 11AM at THE STATE HOUSE
- 01.29.2018 Join Fellow Union Members at a Speak-Out Rally Opposing the Changes to GIC Insurance Plans
- 01.24.2018 The Taunton Community Rises Up to Preserve Morton Hospital’s Maternity Unit as Steward Health Care Files DPH Notice to Close Unit
- 01.23.2018 MEMBER ALERT: The GIC Has Made Sweeping Changes to Your Health Care Plans
- 01.23.2018 Petition to Protect Services at Clinton Hospital
- 01.22.2018 MNA Board of Directors Issues Statement Affirming the Need to Embrace Diversity and the Dignity of all in Response to the Deplorable Statements by the President Targeting Immigration from Poorer Countries, particularly those with majority non-white Citizens
- 01.19.2018 Vibra Healthcare Nurses to Take Action Monday, Jan. 22 outside Worcester-Area Hospital as They Urge Vibra to ‘Be Fair to Those Who Care’
- 01.16.2018 UMass Memorial Health Alliance Clinton Hospital Plans to Close Popular Endoscopy Service in Violation of State Regulations Requiring 90 Day Notice and Public Oversight
- 01.16.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Send Clear Message to Hospital with Overwhelming Strike Authorization Vote: Agree to a Fair Contract that Protects Patient Care
- 01.09.2018 Sign up for MNA Family Ski Day 2018 on February 4
