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. To get more of the latest MNA information, photos and videos, visit our Social Media page.
Current News
- 08.26.2026UMass University Nurses Overwhelmingly Ratify Three-Year Contract Following Months of Collective Action
- 08.18.2026$9.2 Million Mass General Brigham CEO Pay Sparks Outrage Among Nurses & Clinicians Seeking Fair Contracts to Protect Patient Care
- 08.13.2026Mass General Brigham Billionaires Once Again Refuses to Negotiate with Home Care Clinicians Following Strike
- 08.11.2026MGB Refuses to Schedule More Negotiations or Make Any Proposals to Brigham Nurses in Third Session Following Historic Strike
- 08.03.2026MNA Files Second Federal Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Brigham and Women’s Hospital Due to Retaliation Against Nurses for Exercising Their Right to Strike
- 07.29.2026BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER ‘S HEALTHCARE WORKERS JOIN FORCES AT THE PICKET LINE
- 07.27.2026MNA Files Federal Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Brigham and Women’s Hospital for Preventing NICU Nurses from Leaving the Hospital After the Start of the Nurses’ Historic Strike
- 07.22.2026Mass General Brigham Refuses to Negotiate with Home Care Clinicians on Wednesday Following 7-Day Strike
- 07.21.2026MGB Refuses to Negotiate Key Patient Care Priorities as Brigham Nurses Return to Bargaining Following Historic Strike and Lockout
- 07.14.2026MGB Home Care Clinicians Prepare to Return to Patients Following Seven-Day Strike; Fight for Fair First MNA Contract Continues
- 07.14.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses Cite Safety Risks in DPH Complaint Over Cuts to Patient Transport Services, Will Hold Press Conference July 16
- 07.13.2026Brigham Nurses Return to Patients Following Historic Strike and Lockout; Fight for Fair Contracts and Safe Patient Care Continues
- 07.12.2026Brigham Nurse Solidarity Walk-In to Mark Lockout End Monday Morning; MGB Home Care End-of-Strike Rally Tuesday
- 07.11.2026Brigham Nurses Prepare for End of Lockout on Monday with Solidarity Walk-In as MGB Home Care Clinicians Demonstrate Power with Ongoing MGB HQ Strike Picketing
- 07.09.2026Elected Officials, Union Supporters to Rally Friday at MGB Home Care Strike in Somerville as Brigham Nurse Lockout Continues
- 07.08.2026MNA Nurses Prepare for End of Brigham Strike and Noon Rally with Senator Markey Thursday, as MGB Home Care Clinicians Continue 7-Day Strike
- 07.08.2026July 8 Strike of 4,500 MNA Nurses & Clinicians Begins Wednesday Morning After MGB Billionaires Refuse to Negotiate Fair Contracts for Safe Patient Care
- 07.07.20267-Day Strike by MGB Home Care Clinicians to Start Wednesday as Mass General Brigham Billionaire Board Members Refuse to Compromise
- 07.06.2026Gov. Healey Convenes MGB, Nurse and Clinician Representatives at State House Monday as Historic Strike Approaches
- 07.06.2026As July 8 Strike Looms, Brigham Nurses Write to MGB Board Billionaires: ‘This Strike and Lockout is Your Responsibility’
- 07.02.2026MGB Billionaires Refuse to Negotiate with Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses, Forcing Nurses to Strike July 8 for Patient Safety
- 07.01.2026In Overwhelming Vote, UMass University Nurses Authorize a 14-Day Strike as UMass Memorial Health Refuses to Address Staffing, Workplace Safety, and Nurse Retention
- 06.30.2026Mass General Brigham Refuses to Move in Negotiations on June 30, Forcing Home Care Clinicians to Strike for 7 Days Starting July 8
- 06.30.2026Massachusetts Nurses Association Condemns Supreme Court Decision Supporting Trump Administration Efforts to End TPS for Vulnerable Immigrants Seeking Refuge from Devastation and Violence
- 06.30.2026Every 36 minutes a health care worker is assaulted
- 06.26.2026Largest Nurse and Healthcare Professional Strike in Massachusetts History Scheduled for July 8 as 4,500 MNA Nurses and Clinicians Plan Walk Out at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MGB Home Care
- 06.24.2026Merrimack Health Announces Early Closure of Methuen Hospital Birthing Center, Despite Failure to Address Concerns Raised by DPH and Nurses About Readiness of Lawrence General Campus to Safely Absorb Transferring Patients
- 06.23.2026UMass University Nurses Deliver Petition Signed by Hundreds of RNs to System President Calling for Fair Contract and Improved Patient Care
- 06.18.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses Express Concern Over Latest Layoffs and Impact on Local Patient Care
- 06.16.2026In Largest Nurse Strike Vote in MA History, Brigham Nurses Vote 99.6% to Authorize a Strike as Mass General Brigham Refuses to Invest in Safe Patient Care and Nurses
- 06.15.2026Healthcare Workers to Display 40 Medical Scrubs on State House Steps During Press Event Highlighting Daily Toll of Workplace Violence
- 06.12.2026Gloucester School RNs Call Out Mayor Over RIF Plans
- 06.11.2026MGB Home Hospital Clinicians Protest Outside Somerville Headquarters Seeking a Fair Contract to Protect Patients and Respect Staff
- 06.11.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses Vote 98% to Reject Inadequate “Best and Final” Offer in Push for Contract that Protects Safe, Local Patient Care
- 06.09.2026Brigham Nurses to Hold Strike Authorization Vote as Mass General Brigham Contract Proposals Undermine Safe Patient Care and the BWH Nursing Workforce
- 06.04.2026BMC South RNs and Health Professionals to Picket on June 8th in Fight for Respect and Safer Care as BMC Seeks to Bully Them into Accepting an Unfair Contract Settlement
- 06.02.2026A Pension You Can Count On, a Pension You Should Keep!
- 05.22.2026BMC South RNs and Health Professionals Cast Overwhelming Vote to Reject BMC Administration’s “Last, Best & Final Offer,” Call on Administration to Come Back to the Table to Negotiate a Fair Agreement
- 05.19.2026MGB Home Care Clinicians Vote 92% to Authorize Potential 7-Day Strike in Fight for a Fair First MNA Contract
- 05.14.2026MGB Home Care Clinicians to Hold Strike Authorization Vote on 5/19 to Secure a Fair Contract and Ensure Quality Patient Care
- 05.14.2026Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Vote Yes For a Safe Massachusetts
- 05.13.2026Support Wrongfully Terminated Noah Byrnes, a Behavior Technician (BT) and organizing committee member at Aspire Learning Center and Teamsters Local 25
- 05.13.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses and Community to Deliver a Petition to Baystate Health Trustee Calling for a Fair Contract and Protection of Local Patient Care
- 05.07.2026Mass Nurses Warn of Declining Patient Care Quality, Unsafe Staffing, and an Epidemic of Violence in 2026 State of Nursing in Massachusetts Survey
- 05.04.2026As Hundreds of MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Rally at State House for May 5th Day of Action, Annual Survey Results Sound Alarm about Workplace Violence
- 04.29.2026MNA 2026 Election Nominations Open Through May 29
- 04.28.2026MNA Labor School Bargaining Series Begins May 6
- 04.28.2026Boston City Council to Vote on Resolution Supporting Brigham Nurses as they Hold Informational Picket on April 29
- 04.27.2026Tufts nurses say they have no confidence in leader’s ability to manage operating room ‘safely and appropriately’
- 04.27.2026Too many assaults occur at Tewksbury State Hospital
- 04.23.2026Nurses at Brockton’s BMC South set strike date. What we know
- 04.23.2026Brigham Nurses to Picket April 29 in Fight Against MGB Decisions that Disrespect Nurses, Impact Patients and Undermine the Future of BWH
- 04.21.2026Celebrate Nursing Excellence and Honor Your Peers – Deadline May 31!
- 04.20.2026BMC South RNs and Healthcare Professionals Submit Official Notice of Three-Day Strike from April 30 – May 3 as Talks for a New Contract Stall Over Staffing, Wages and Dramatic Cuts to Health Benefits
- 04.16.2026Greenfield City Council Unanimously Approves Resolution Supporting Baystate Franklin Nurses Fighting for a Fair Contract and Safe Patient Care
- 04.14.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses Vote 98.2% to Authorize a Potential Strike After Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charge to Protect Patient Care
- 04.09.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses to Hold Strike Authorization Vote April 14 After Filing Unfair Labor Practice Charge Over Illegal Baystate Staffing Proposal
- 04.08.2026MNA Offices to Be Closed April 9 – 10th For Board of Directors/Staff Retreat
- 04.02.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses to Hold Informational Picket April 7 as Community Supports Fight for Patient Safety and Keeping Care Local
- 03.26.2026Boston Globe: Workers fear ‘quiet closing’ at Canton hospital for disabled children
- 03.24.2026RNs at Five UMass Memorial Hospitals to Hold Informational Pickets Across Central Mass. on Thursday, March 26
- 03.23.2026Pappas Rehab Staff to Hold March 25th Press Conference to Announce Overwhelming Vote of No Confidence In DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein for “Actions that Represent the Abandonment of the Facility’s Mission” to Care for the State’s Most Vulnerable Children with Disabilities
- 03.23.2026DPH Presses MGB for Answers on Burn Unit Closure Plan, Echoing Nurses’ Concerns About Safety and Capacity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- 03.19.2026MNA Clinicians with Mass General Brigham Home Care to Hold Informational Picket March 24 Outside Massachusetts General Hospital
- 02.27.2026Join us in signing this important letter to the family of Alex Pretti
- 02.17.2026DPH Finds Brigham and Women’s Hospital Burn Unit ‘Necessary’ as Nurses Send Letter Urging MGB Leaders to Halt the Planned Closure
- 02.11.2026Baystate Franklin Nurses Deliver Petition on February 11 Calling for an MNA Contract that Protects Patients and Keeps Care Local
- 02.06.2026Join the MNA in Supporting NYSNA Nurses on Strike in NYC!
- 02.05.2026Boston Medical Center South Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Vote to Authorize a 3-Day Strike as BMC Seeks to Gut Benefits and Cut Staffing Levels, Undermining the Facility’s Ability to Recruit and Retain Staff to Ensure Safe Patient Care
- 02.04.20262026 Nurses Night at the Red Sox
- 01.29.2026Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute Advanced Practice Providers File for NLRB Election to Join the MNA After MGBCI Declines to Recognize Union
- 01.28.2026MNA to Hold Vigils Outside VA Facilities in Worcester and Northampton on Jan. 29 Honoring ICU Nurse Alex Pretti, Killed by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
- 01.25.2026Massachusetts Nurses Association Statement Condemning the Unwarranted and Brutal Killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU Nurse with the Veterans Administration by Federal Agents in Minneapolis
- 01.20.2026Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses to Testify at January 20 DPH Hearing Opposing Closure of Burn Unit, Warn of Serious Risks to Patient Safety and Capacity
- 01.15.2026Join us on May 5 “Safety First: A Day of Action”
- 01.12.2026MNA Supports 15,000 NYSNA Nurses on Strike for Patient and Nurse Safety
- 01.07.2026Still Time to Register for the MNA Home Care Summit: “Building the Power of Visiting Nurses and Healthcare Professionals”, Saturday, January 24, 2026
- 12.22.2025MNA Corrected: Boston Medical Center Brighton Nurses Vote to Authorize 3-Day Strike as BMC Seeks to Gut Nurses Benefits and RN Staffing Levels, Undermining the Facility’s Ability to Recruit and Retain Staff to Ensure Safe Patient Care
- 12.02.2025Sudbury School RNs Take School Committee to Task in New Letter
- 11.26.2025Unit 7 Members Overwhelmingly Vote to Ratifying New Contract
- 11.25.2025Brigham Nurses Oppose Plan to Relocate Burn Unit to Mass General, Urge MGB to Keep Specialized Care at BWH with Highly Trained Nurses
- 11.24.2025Massachusetts Nurses Association Condemns Trump Administration Move to Strip Nursing and Healthcare Professional Degrees of ‘Professional’ Status and Worsen Healthcare Crisis
- 11.19.2025Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention Legislation Passes Massachusetts House of Representatives
- 11.19.2025Invitation for all MNA Home Care Members: Register Now for the MNA Home Care Summit
- 11.19.2025MNA Mercy Medical Center Nurses to Host Virtual Community Forum on November 20 about ‘Temporary’ Closure of Family Life Center
- 11.18.2025One-Day Strike Avoided as Cooley Dickinson Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with MGB that Fights off Contract Takeaways and Invests in Nurses for Improved Patient Care
- 11.18.2025Mass General Brigham Occupational Health Nurses Demand Recognition of Union Vote, Call on MGB Board in Letter to End Anti-Union Delays
- 11.07.2025MNA Boston MedFlight Nurses and Paramedics Ratify New Contract to Help Ensure Quality Transport Care by Providing Competitive Pay Increases and Benefits Improvements
- 11.06.2025Cooley Dickinson Hospital Nurses and Western Mass Labor Federation to Host Community Forum on November 17 Ahead of Potential 1-Day Strike
- 11.03.2025Dana-Farber Foxborough Nurses to Hold Informational Picket Outside Gillette Stadium Before November 13 Patriots-Jets Game
- 10.30.2025Attention MNA Home Care Members! Save the Date for the MNA Home Care Summit: Saturday, January 24, 2026
- 10.30.2025Important Cybersecurity Reminder for All MNA Members
- 10.22.2025MNA President Katie Murphy’s Statement Regarding the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children Working Group Report
- 10.22.2025Pappas Rehab Staff Plan Oct. 23rd Demonstration Outside Facility to Protest The DPH’s Unrelenting Effort to Discharge the State’s Most Vulnerable Disabled Children While Failing to Admit New Patients Currently Languishing in Acute Care Hospitals in Need of Pappas-Level Care
- 10.21.2025VNA Nurses’ Three-Day Strike Begins at 8 a.m. Tomorrow (Oct. 22); Comes After Months of Stalled Talks on Wages, Staffing, and Patient Care
- 10.16.2025St. Luke’s Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify New MNA Contract to Help Improve RN Staffing and Patient Care with Competitive Wage Increases
- 10.15.2025MNA Board of Directors Selects Longtime Labor Leader and Dedicated Healthcare Advocate Joe-Ann Fergus, RN, PhD, as Next Executive Director
- 10.10.2025VNA Nurses of Cape Cod Healthcare to Hold a Public Support Rally
- 10.09.2025Cooley Dickinson Hospital Nurses Vote to Authorize 1-Day Strike as MGB Refuses to Properly Invest in Nurses and Safe Patient Care
- 10.09.2025New “Shift Happens” Dates Announced After Successful Launch of the Discussion Hub for Early-Career RNs
- 10.07.2025100% of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Foxborough Nurses Sign Letter to Trustee Chair Urging DFCI to Address Pay Disparity with Mass General Brigham
- 10.02.2025Nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Milford Undaunted by Government Shutdown, will Persist in Unionizing for a Stronger Voice in Patient Care and Working Conditions Despite NLRB Closure and DFCI Voluntary Recognition Denial
- 10.01.2025Tuition Savings Opportunity
- 09.29.2025Cape Cod VNA Nurses Overwhelmingly Reject Management’s “Last, Best, and Final” Contract Offer
- 09.25.2025MNA Nurses to Hold 1-Day Strike Authorization Vote at Cooley Dickinson Hospital on October 9
- 09.24.2025MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals, Boston University Public Health Professor to Testify September 29 on Legislation to Preserve Essential Health Services
- 09.22.2025Creating a Responsive Practice for Individuals with Disabilities
- 09.16.2025St. Luke’s Hospital Failed to Reach Agreement with Nurses on Monday; Nurses and Supporters to Hold Informational Picket September 17 in New Bedford
- 09.11.2025St. Luke’s Hospital Nurses to Hold Informational Picket September 17 in New Bedford
