2021
- 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
- 12.06.2021 MNA Nurse to Testify about the Impact of Unsafe Staffing on Patient Care and the Nursing Workforce During Future of Work Commission Hearing on December 17
- 11.15.2021 Union Speak: MNA Education in Union Terminology on December 8
- 11.09.2021 St. Vincent Co-Chair RN Marlena Pellegrino on Greater Boston WGBH PBS Boston as Strike Hits 8 Months
- 11.08.2021 New Short Term Disability Benefit Available to MNA Members Through Aflac and Membership Benefits Group
- 11.05.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Strike Sadly Reaches Eight Months on Nov. 8th As Tenet Healthcare Continues to Retaliate Against Nurses for Exercising Their Right to Advocate for Better Care
- 10.28.2021 The AFL-CIO national leadership has sent a letter to Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria, registering the federation’s support for the St. Vincent nurses strike
- 10.25.2021 TEEN VOGUE: St. Vincent’s Nurses Are on Strike — This Is What It’s Like for Their Kids
- 10.25.2021 Volunteer RNs Needed: Help Answer COVID-19 Vaccine Questions for Mass Health Council
- 10.25.2021 MNA Nurses to Testify in Favor of Medicare-For-All to Improve Healthcare Access and Quality During October 26 Legislative Hearing
- 10.22.2021 Dallas-based Tenet Health Care Announces Third Quarter Profits of $448 Million and Revenues of $4 billion While Denying Patients and the Worcester Community Access to Needed Beds & Services at St. Vincent Hospital
- 10.21.2021 Warren, Markey, McGovern, Trahan Tell Tenet CEO: “Come to Worcester and End This Crisis”
- 10.20.2021 Caregivers of the Developmentally Disabled in Western Massachusetts Sound Alarm as Patient Care Inside of Group Homes Spirals Due to Severe Understaffing and Training Failures
- 10.18.2021 MNA will cover the tuition for one member to attend the 2022 Harvard Trade Union Program (January 18-February 18, 2022):
- 10.18.2021 MNA Region One November 18 Programs Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Trauma and Survival and The Nurse’s Role in Suicide Prevention: Shifting the Perspective from Despair to Hope location changes!
- 10.15.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Response to Tenet’s Announcement Today of Their Implementation of Last, Best, and Final Offer After Declaring Illegal Impasse
- 10.14.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Response to Tenet’s Declaration of Impasse: Just Another Attempt by Tenet to Distract, Demoralize and Delay An Equitable Settlement to Bring the Real Nurses Back to Their Positions and Reopen Desperately Needed Beds and Services
- 10.12.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Call on Tenet to Cease Its Failed Attacks on Nurses & Its Callous Endangerment of Central Mass Patients It’s Time to Bring the Nurses Back to Their Positions and Reopen Desperately Needed Beds and Services
- 10.11.2021 MNF 2021 Raffle Winners Announced!
- 10.08.2021 National Union of Healthcare Workers Calls on Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Other Officials to Compel Tenet Healthcare to End St. Vincent Nurse Strike
- 10.07.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Strike Regrettably Reaches Seven-Months on Oct. 8th As Tenet Healthcare Continues to Deny Agreement to Ensure Safer Patient Care for a Community Hard Hit by Delta Variant
- 10.07.2021 Berkshire VNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals File for NLRB Election to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association to Improve Working and Patient Care Conditions
- 10.06.2021 Berkshire VNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Urge Agency to Voluntarily Recognize Their Decision to Join the Massachusetts Nurses Association to Improve Working and Patient Care Conditions
- 10.05.2021 Four Nurses from Tenet-Owned Hospitals Send Letter to Tenet’s Corporate CEO and Mass Legislators Decrying Tenet’s Endangerment of Worcester Community and Mistreatment of St. Vincent Nurses, Call for Tenet to Negotiate End to Strike
- 10.04.2021 Inadequate Staffing of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals at Steward Good Samaritan Medical Center Will Be Focus of Oct. 6 Public Demonstration
- 10.04.2021 FW: MA AFL-CIO Letter Calling on Elected Officials to Urge Tenet Healthcare to Settle
- 10.01.2021 Nurses from Central Mass. Applaud St. Vincent Nurses for Helping Confront Delta Surge, Decry Tenet Healthcare’s Refusal to End Strike & Endanger Community by Closing Beds and Services
- 09.30.2021 Mayor Joseph M. Petty Statement on the ongoing nurses strike at St. Vincent Hospital, Calls for Intervention by Dallas-based Tenet CEO to Resolve Dispute
- 09.29.2021 State Representatives Mary Keefe and David LeBoeuf Issue Statement Supporting Striking St. Vincent Nurses, Call for Hospital CEO to Step Aside So Settlement Can be Reached for Nurses Return
- 09.28.2021 RNs at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Ratify New, Three-Year Contract Agreement
- 09.28.2021 Join us for a belated celebration of former President Donna Kelly-Williams RN.
- 09.28.2021 Teamsters Local 170 and UFCW 1445 Send Letters to Legislators/Media Supporting St. Vincent Nurses, Holding Tenet Accountable for Crisis
- 09.24.2021 St. Vincent Nurses Statement in Response to Governor’s Tweet Regarding the Strike
- 09.23.2021 Worcester Solidarity Day to Support St. Vincent Nurses Planned for Saturday, Sept. 25th as Historic Strike Surpasses 200 Days
- 09.23.2021 Woman Arrested For Stabbing Morton Hospital Worker
- 09.13.2021 MNA Regional Council Raffle Tickets ON SALE NOW - Proceeds Benefit the Massachusetts Nurses Foundation Scholarship Fund!
- 09.09.2021 MNA Position Statement on Covid-19 Vaccine Requirement and Other Strategies to Combat The Covid Pandemic
- 09.07.2021 Sadly, St. Vincent Nurses Strike Reaches Six-Months on Sept. 8th
- 08.31.2021 St. Vincent Nurses File Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare with the National Labor Relations Board as Historic Strike Becomes the Longest Nurses Strike in Massachusetts History
- 08.31.2021 Please join members of the Western Mass Community in Solidarity with the Courageous MNA Nurses at St. Vincent Hospital
- 08.25.2021 Participate in "Union Speak" on Aug. 31, a New Program about the Labor Movement Open to All MNA Members
- 08.24.2021 Worcester Interfaith to Host Prayer Vigil to Support the St. Vincent’s Nurses on Aug. 25 as Nurses Strike Reaches 171 Days in Struggle for Safer Patient Care
