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
- 07.11.2022 Registered Nurses of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Massachusetts Nurses Association and Unite to Improve Conditions for Patients and Caregivers
- 07.05.2022 DPH will Hold a Public Hearing Tomorrow (July 6th) on Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s Plan to Close Outpatient Oncology Services at MetroWest Medical Center to Determine if it is an Essential Service for the Framingham Community
- 06.30.2022 Steward Morton Hospital RNs and Health Professionals Cast Overwhelming Vote to Ratify New Three-Year Contract with Significant Wage Hikes and Other Improvements to Help Retain Staff to Ensure Quality Patient Care
- 06.30.2022 Sign the Petition Letter to make the crosswalk at Washington/Shepard Street Brighton safer
- 06.24.2022 MNA Board of Directors' Statement on 'Dangerous and Unjust' June 24 SCOTUS Reversal of Roe v. Wade
- 06.17.2022 Campaign to Save the North Shore Birth Center Delivers 2,800 Petition Signatures to Beverly Hospital, Calling on President Tom Sands to Reverse Closure Decision
- 06.16.2022 U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on Healthcare Worker Burnout Matches COVID-19 Experiences of Massachusetts Nurses and Exposes Failure of Healthcare Executives to Follow Recommendations
- 06.14.2022 Sign the Petition: Save the North Shore Birth Center at Beverly Hospital!
- 06.09.2022 Joint Statement by AFT MA, MNA, MTA and MSNO on Gun Violence
- 06.06.2022 Deadly Tulsa Hospital Shooting Renews Urgency for Stronger Violence Protection for Massachusetts Nurses and Healthcare Professionals as MNA Legislation Advances in House and Senate
- 06.03.2022 2022 MNF Golf Tourney Registration Now Underway!
- 05.26.2022 Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Maura Healey for Governor
- 05.24.2022 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify Strong MNA Contract and as COVID Surges Call for Immediate Fixes to Emergency Department Problems Impacting Patient Care Quality
- 05.23.2022 RNs & Healthcare Professionals at Steward Morton Hospital Return to Negotiations on Tuesday (May 24) Following a Strike Authorization Vote
- 05.12.2022 Nurses and Healthcare Professionals at Morton Hospital Cast Overwhelming Vote to Authorize a Three-Day Strike Following Their Filing of Unfair Labor Practice Charge
- 05.10.2022 Northeast Hospital Corp. Nurses Ratify New Three-year Contract Ensuring Better RN Staffing, Competitive Wages and Improved Health Insurance Benefits
- 05.09.2022 Recovery Centers of America Offers Confidential Addiction Recovery Designed for Frontline Healthcare Workers
- 05.06.2022 As Heywood Healthcare Discusses Affiliation with UMass Memorial, MNA Nurses Call for Restoration of Essential Services at Heywood Hospital
- 05.05.2022 Massachusetts Nurses Warn of Rapidly Deteriorating Patient Care Quality and Widespread Unsafe Conditions as they Call for Improvements to Staffing, Pay and Benefits in Latest ‘State of Nursing’ Survey Released for National Nurses Week
- 05.04.2022 Elected Nurses and Healthcare Professionals of the MNA Board of Directors Respond to Dangerous and Unjust Draft U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Reverse Roe v. Wade
- 05.03.2022 Free Courses Launching Today as part of Nurses Week 2022
- 05.02.2022 Baby Brigade on May 6 outside Baystate Franklin Medical Center to Honor Mother’s Day and Mark Beginning of National Nurses Week as BFMC Nurses Seek a Fair MNA Contract
- 04.26.2022 St. Vincent Hospital Nurses File Charge of Unfair Labor Practice and Seek Injunction to Stop Move by Tenet to Unilaterally Impose 12-Hour Shifts in Violation of the Nurses Union Rights & Tenet’s Expressed Commitment to Create a Positive Work Environment Following Strike
- 04.26.2022 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses to Deliver Petition to Board Chair on April 27 Calling on Baystate Health to Value Nurses, Protect Patients and Keep Care Local
- 04.21.2022 Berkshire Medical Center MNA Nurses, Local Caregivers and Supporters Welcome Public to April 25 Virtual Forum on the Need to Recruit and Retain Staff for Quality Patient Care
- 04.11.2022 Summer Job Opportunity for RNs
- 04.04.2022 Virtual Forum: Berkshire Medical Center Nurses and Community
- 03.30.2022 Register Now for the Black Maternal Health Conference April 8
