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Jun 05, 2023, 09:41 ET MNA Members at Cambridge Health Alliance Go Public in Opposition to Announced Layoff of Five Nurse Educators and Schedule a Related Press Conference for Monday, June 5 in Malden

The 902 nurses and healthcare professionals who work on the three campuses of Cambridge Health Alliance, and who are unionized with the Massachusetts ...

Jun 01, 2023, 14:34 ET MNA Members at Cambridge Health Alliance Go Public in Opposition to Announced Layoff of Five Nurse Educators and Schedule a Related Press Conference for Monday, June 5 in Malden

The 902 nurses and healthcare professionals who work on the three campuses of Cambridge Health Alliance, and who are unionized with the Massachusetts ...

May 30, 2023, 13:22 ET MNA Nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Merrimack Valley to Hold an Informational Picket Friday, June 2 as They Seek a Fair Contract to Help Them Provide High-Quality Patient Care

The registered nurses of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold an...

May 30, 2023, 10:41 ET Massachusetts Nurses Association Statement In Opposition to Proposed Closing of the Birthing Center at Leominster Hospital by UMass Memorial Health

UMass Memorial Health, the largest health system in Central Massachusetts, has recently announced its intention to close the Birthing Center located...

May 24, 2023, 14:19 ET Baystate Health to Keep Open Greenfield Mental Health Unit at Baystate Franklin Medical Center Following Years of Advocacy by Nurses and Community

Baystate Health's decision to keep open the 22-bed mental health unit at Baystate Franklin Medical Center means nurses and other healthcare workers...

May 17, 2023, 15:27 ET MNA: DPH to Hold Public Hearing (May 18th at 6 p.m.) on Proposed Closure of 32-Bed Substance Abuse Treatment Unit At Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton

The Department of Public Health will hold a legally required public hearing on the proposed closure of the 32-bed MORCAP (Morton Comprehensive...

May 15, 2023, 14:49 ET MNA: Nurses, Advocates to Testify in Favor of Strengthened Penalties for Assaulting Healthcare Workers During May 16 State House Hearing

Lawmakers will hold a hearing at the State House on Tuesday, May 16 on legislation that would strengthen the penalties for assaulting a healthcare...

May 11, 2023, 12:06 ET Berkshire VNA Clinicians, Western Mass Area Labor Federation and Community to Discuss "Future of Homecare" During May 16 Virtual Forum

Berkshire VNA clinicians, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will talk about the evolution and challenges of homecare, share their...

May 10, 2023, 11:06 ET OSHA Data in New White Paper Demonstrates High Rates of Illness and Injury Among Healthcare Workers During Pandemic and Exposes the Failure by the Hospital Industry to Adequately Protect Frontline Staff

The Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors – nurses and healthcare professionals elected by their MNA colleagues across the Commonwealth ...

May 05, 2023, 10:02 ET As National Nurses Week Kicks off May 6, Survey Shows Massachusetts Nurses Strongly Support Unions and Believe a United Voice Helps Address Healthcare Challenges

Joining a union and having a united voice is a widely supported solution to the challenges nurses face caring for patients in a broken healthcare...

Apr 04, 2023, 15:13 ET Berkshire VNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Deliver Community Petition in Support of First MNA Contract to BHS Trustee on Wednesday, April 5

Clinicians from Berkshire VNA, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will deliver a community petition on Wednesday, April 5 to the...

Mar 29, 2023, 13:06 ET Newest 'State of Nursing in Massachusetts' Survey Reveals Unsafe Conditions and RN Burnout as True Causes of Statewide Staffing Crisis as Hospitals Overspend on Temporary Nurses and Patient Care Quality Drops

The hospital industry has long engaged in a harmful cycle of hallowing out the state's permanent workforce of bedside nurses by undermining their...

Mar 07, 2023, 14:29 ET MNA Nurses at Anna Jaques Hospital to Picket on March 9 as Staffing Crisis There Worsens and Nurses Are Short on Needed Resources

The approximately 350 registered nurses of Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., who are represented by the Massachusetts...

Feb 01, 2023, 11:51 ET BI Anna Jaques Hospital RNs to Deliver Petition to Hospital Administration on Feb. 2 at 12:30 p.m. Calling for Immediate Action to Address a Growing Staffing and Patient Safety Crisis

Efforts by the nurses to convince hospital administration to address these concerns and to recruit and retain needed staff (AJH nurses are the lowest ...

Jan 30, 2023, 09:30 ET MNA Nurses to Picket February 1 Outside Brigham and Women's Hospital as Patient Care and Working Conditions Suffer Under the Sway of MGB Corporate

The registered nurses of Brigham and Women's Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold an informational picket on...

Jan 19, 2023, 13:11 ET New Approach to Safe Patient Limits on Beacon Hill by MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Joins Legislation to Tackle Longstanding & Untenable Staffing Conditions Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

The more than 25,000 nurses and healthcare professionals of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have joined with allies in the Massachusetts House...

Jan 12, 2023, 14:59 ET Brockton Hospital Rings in New Year by Violating Nurses' Contract with Unilateral Decision to Change Previously Negotiated Holiday Schedule, States MNA

The 550 registered nurses at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, who are unionized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association, filed an unfair...

Jan 12, 2023, 09:30 ET MNA: Gallup 2023 Survey Shows Nurses Trusted as Most Honest, Ethical for 22nd Straight Year

For the 22nd consecutive year, Americans say they trust nurses more than any other profession, according to an annual Gallup survey released on...

Dec 20, 2022, 09:35 ET 4 Critical Priorities for the Healey Administration from the 25,000 Nurses and Healthcare Professionals of the Massachusetts Nurses Association

The nurses and healthcare professionals of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have released four critical priorities as part of an effort to...

Dec 15, 2022, 13:17 ET Political Hate Targeting Vulnerable Communities and Healthcare Workers, and Bomb Threats Against Boston Children's Hospital Prompt Condemnation from MNA Board of Directors

The Massachusetts Nurses Association Board of Directors – nurses and healthcare professionals elected by their MNA colleagues – have released the...

Dec 12, 2022, 15:53 ET St. Vincent Hospital Nurses Outraged by Government's Announcement Of $1.7 Million Fine Against Tenet/St. Vincent Hospital for Overcharging for Cardiac Surgical Procedures

The nurses of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester are outraged by an announcement on Friday by the U.S. Government of a $1.7 million fine against the...

Nov 22, 2022, 09:56 ET Anna Jaques Hospital RNs Go Public with Concerns for Patient Safety Resulting from Lack of Needed Staff & Closure of Essential Services

Nurses cite the closure of the Pediatric Unit, the periodic closure of CT Scanning Service and the lack of staff in other departments as cause for...

Nov 17, 2022, 14:17 ET Milford Regional Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify First MNA Contract, Featuring Significant Investments in Nurses, and Strong Protections to Help Improve Patient Care Conditions

The more than 500 registered nurses of Milford Regional Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted overwhelmingly on...

Nov 02, 2022, 14:19 ET New Berkshire Medical Center RN Contract Takes Effect Following Vote by Nurses to Ratify Agreement that Will Help Improve Conditions for Patients and Local Caregivers

The registered nurses of Berkshire Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted overwhelmingly on November 1 to ratify...

Oct 20, 2022, 15:05 ET With Most Recent Contract Settlement, 1,300 Additional MNA Nurses in UMass System Win Substantial Wage Increases, Workplace Improvements, and More

In recent months, more than 2,770 nurses and healthcare professionals unionized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and working in hospitals...