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
- 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
- 09.08.2025Cape Cod VNA RNs Authorize Three-Day Strike to Protect Patient Care
- 08.26.20252025 Annual Convention Details & Signup
- 08.13.2025BMC – Brighton Allied Health Professionals Vote Overwhelmingly to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association for a Strong Voice in Patient Care
- 08.11.2025Nurses Share Report by DPH/CMS Finding Tenet/St. Vincent Hospital Administration Placed All Patients in Immediate Jeopardy of Serious Harm Resulting in at Least Three Patient Deaths and Other Complications
- 08.08.2025Cape Cod Healthcare Advanced Practice Providers File for NLRB Election After Seeking Union Recognition to Strengthen Voice in Patient Care and Working Conditions
- 07.31.2025New Labor School Event: Introduction to an Organizing Conversation
- 07.14.2025Mercy Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New MNA Contract That Strengthens Patient Care Conditions and Preserves Hard-Fought RN Benefits
- 07.11.2025RNs at Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals to Hold Informational Pickets on Tuesday, July 15
- 07.11.2025MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Condemn Harmful Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, Urge Action to Protect Patients, Caregivers, and the Healthcare System
- 06.27.2025ICE at the Hospital: Healthcare Providers’ Rights & Responsibilities
- 06.27.202593 Healthcare Professionals at BMC – Brighton File for Union Election to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association, Citing Need for a Stronger Voice in Patient Care and Working Conditions
- 06.24.2025Lawmakers to Hold June 25 Hearing on Bill to Study Access to Essential Healthcare Services Across Massachusetts as Hospital Closures Devastate Patients and Communities
- 06.23.2025Pappas Rehab Staff Plan June 25th Demonstration 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
- 06.20.2025Lawmakers to Examine Legislation to Protect Patients, Nurses, and Healthcare Professionals from Unsafe Staffing, Violence, and Lifting Injuries on June 23 at State House Hearing
- 06.12.2025Holy Family Hospital Healthcare Professionals Vote Overwhelmingly to Unionize with MNA to Ensure Excellent Patient Care and Secure Professional Respect
- 06.06.2025Join Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey Tomorrow am for Lisa Field
- 05.29.2025Cooley Dickinson Hospital MNA Nurses to Hold Informational Picket June 3 in Northampton
- 05.28.2025MNA BOD Highlights May 2025
- 05.22.2025TONIGHT’S RED SOX GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONNED!
- 05.14.2025End of an Era: Longtime MNA Executive Director and Fierce RN Advocate Julie Pinkham Retires
- 05.12.2025RNs and Healthcare Professionals at Morton Hospital to Picket on Wednesday, May 14
- 05.06.2025Watch: MNA President Katie Murphy Speaks to Why Nurses Matter for Nurses Week 2025
- 05.05.20252025 State of Massachusetts Nursing Survey: RNs Raise Alarms Over Patient Care Quality, Unsafe Staffing, and Growing Violence Amid Deepening Healthcare Crisis
- 05.01.2025Mass. DPH Deems Level II B Nursery at Tenet/Framingham Union Hospital an Essential Service “Necessary for Preserving Access and Health Status Within the Hospital’s Service Area”
- 03.28.2025Mass General Brigham Occupational Health Nurses and NPs Vote to Join the MNA in Successful Union Election
- 03.26.2025Statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors on FMCS Mediators Being Placed on Leave
- 03.24.2025RNs at Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals to Picket for Better Patient Care Conditions, Nurse Staffing, and Wages on Wednesday, March 26
- 03.17.2025Support BI Northeast Nurses, Patients And Community – Information Picket March 26!
- 03.11.2025BID Plymouth Hospital RNs to Hold Strike Authorization Vote and Informational Picket on March 20th as the Nurses Seek to Negotiate Improvements in Staffing to Ensure Safer Patient Care
- 03.03.2025Join the MNA at the Boston Red Sox May 22
- 02.18.2025Massachusetts Nurses Association Condemns Federal Overreach and a Disregard for the Rule of Law by New Administration that is Harming Patients and Caregivers
- 02.05.2025Interview with a group of MNA nurses from Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children as they make the case to save this vital facility
- 02.04.2025Letter to Governor Healey regarding the proposed closure of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children
- 01.31.2025Save the Cape & Islands Community Mental Health Center in Pocasset!
- 01.31.2025Baystate Home Health Clinicians to Deliver Petition on February 3 to CEO Peter Banko Calling for a Fair Contract to Ensure Safe, Accessible Care for Springfield Patients
- 01.28.2025A Message from MNA Executive Director Julie Pinkham
- 01.27.2025MNA Note to Members: Immigration Resources and Guidance
