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September/October/November

• Marthas Vineyard Hospital Nurses Appeal to Community for Support
• Nurses Warn Cuts Will Endanger Patients -- Hospital States It Would Rather Spend $3 Million on Parking Gararge 11/02/01
• MNA Membership Issues Statement on Sept. 11th Attacks on World Trade Center As Approved by Unanimous Vote at Annual MNA Business Meeting at Convention on Oct. 18th
• American Red Cross Nurses Reach Agreement Averting 3-Day Strike Which Was Set to Begin on Sept. 5th
• Caregivers and Community Activists Call for Protest Rally at Marian Manor's "End-of-the-Summer Steamer" Ca
• California Nurses Outline Proposed Staffing Ratios
• MNA District 1 and Franklin Medical Center Sponsor Seminar By Author Joan Borysenko on How Busy People Can Find Inner Peace
• Download the 2001 MNA Convention PDF

• MNA District 5 ALERT:  D5-BOD Spending Your Money
• Brockton Nurses Tentative Agreement Includes Staffing/Mandatory Overtime Protections Sought by Nurses, Ratification Vote Set for Sep. 4th
• Support The Brockton Hospital Nurses! Attend the Labor Day Weekend Solidarity Rally and Cookout
• Brockton Hospital Nurses and Hospital Management Invited to Appear Before Brockton City Council on August 20, @ 7 p.m.
• 137 Legislators Cosign Letter to Brockton Hospital CEO/Trustees Supporting Nurses and Urging Management to Negotiate a Fair Settlement to End Nurses' Strike (Now 69 Days)
• Brockton Talks End Again With No Movement As Management Fails to Present Any Proposals to Reach Settlement (7-26-01)
• Brockton Nurses' Strike Update: Nogotiations Scheduled for July 26th, Picketing of Trustees is Underway (7-20-01)
• Tune In and Call In to 96.9 FM on Monday, July 23rd from 1 - 2 p.m. As Brockton Nurses Appear on Popular Talk Show
• Save the Date, Spread the Word - WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JULY 25th-Get on the Bus to the Brockton Nurses Strike!!
• Thanks to the Mass. Senior Action Council for a Great Rally in Support of the Brockton Hospital Nurses
• Talks Between Brockton Nurses and Mgt Break Down Again
• Brockton RNs and Management Meet on July 2, 2001 (6-28-01)
• Memorial, Hahnemann, Home Health Elect MNA: 56 vs 92
• Be Part of the New MNA
• Caregivers and Community Activists Call for Protest Rally at Marian Manor's "End-of-the-Summer Steamer"

May 2001

• Unit 7 Update
• MNA's Red Cross BU Pickets and Leaflets
• Memorial and Hanhemann RNs File with NLRB
• Hearing on Universal / Single Payer Bill - June 6, 2001
• HHS Study Finds Strong Link Between Patient Outcomes and Nurse Staffing
• St. E's Nurses Celebrate Nurses Week on Picket Line
• MNA Nurses in Boston Sunday Globe re: Nursing Crisis
• Safe Staffing Legislation - Public Hearing - May 14
• Brockton Nurses issue 10-day Strike Notice
• Brockton Nurses Head Back to Table 
• Brockton Hospital RNs Hold Strike Authorization Vote April 23rd
• Unit 7 Breakfast, May 1, 2001
• MNA Offers New Travel Program - See Italy
• MNA Nurses at Brockton Hospital Picket Over Mandatory Overtime
• Senator Kerry to Speak to Western Mass. on Health Care Crisis
• Legislative Nursing Commission Releases Report on Nursing Crisis

April 2001

• MNA Lauds Introduction of Federal Bill to Ban Mandatory Overtime Legislation is Designed to Assure Quality Patient Care
• Report Echoes Nursing Home Woes (Boston Herald, 4-24-01)
• New Survey Says Nursing Shortage Will Get Worse
• Cal Nurse Assoc. Secures 5 Union Contracts in 3-weeks 
• Landslide vote favors secession from ANA
• Lobby Day 2001 – The greatest in MNA history
• Mass. congressman files federal bill that opens the door to single payer
• About the Massachusetts Health Care Trust Bill and, why we must keep advocating for change
• President’s column:  As we deal with the impacts of the nursing shortage, ‘Failure is not an option’
• California nurses outline proposed staffing ratios
• MNA offers exciting new travel program 
• Safe Nursing: Task force agrees — violence is not part of the job  
• The MNA’s political agenda requires the help of all RN’s to succeed
• MNA proposes safe staffing bill as key solution to ER diversion
• Legislators at Lobby Day 2001
• What some RN administrators are saying
• Nurses needed to testify at hearings on MNA legislation
• Diversity Corner:  My brief visit to Myanmar: One nurse’s journey to the Far East
• Revised supplemental mail ballot available for certain MNA members
• Text of motion voted upon at the March 24, 2001 Special Business Meeting
• MNA 2001 Elections/ Preliminary ballot
• Division of Health Care Finance & Policy supports mandated staffing levels
• Call for participation on MNA Committees and Congresses
• Mass. receives domestic violence funding from the Family Violence Prevention Fund
• Final call: MNF annual research grants
• MNA awards offer opportunity to recognize peers
• Nurse researchers seek subjects for study on nurses diagnosed with cancer

March 2001

 
• Nurses Needed to Mentor Students with Disabilities
Interested in Nursing Careers

• Nurses Want Tougher Laws Against Workplace ViolenceNurses: Overtime Forced by Hospital
• Solutions Suggested for Nurse Shortage
• U. Mass/Memorial Medical Center Nurses Ratify Great 2-Yr Contract
• MNA BUs to Attend Senator Kerry's Roundtable Discussion on RNs
• MNA Lobby Day a Great Success 
• More Lobby Day News Stories focus on Staffing Shortage
• National Survey Underscores Growing Crisis in Nurse
• Staffing/Patient Safety.  MNA Points to Results in Pushing SafeStaffing Legislation on Beacon Hill. 
• MNA Takes Issue with ANA's Response to Staffing Crisis. Opposes ANA's Industry- Friendly Model Staffing Legislation 
• Read the Facts: Reports concludes MOT is not OK for Nursing
• Know the New BORN Reg on Patient Abandoment and MOT
• Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities Holds March 13th Hearings to Consider Nursing Shortage Bills Mass Nurses Association Members to Testify 
• MNA Host Nursing Summit on Safe Staffing Legislation 
• Joint Committee on Health Care to Hold March 28th Hearings On Legislation Designed to Reduce Preventable Medical Errors. MNA Expert to Testify on Nursing Perspective 
• MA BORN to Host Two Meetings on New Regs
• Senator Kerry to Convene Roundtable Discussion on Nursing Shortage
• Disaffiliation Vote is On Today March 24th, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, 1 pm. Reports to the contrary are innaccurate
• MNA Nurses Converge on State House Tomorrow3/8/01
• MNA Nurse Lobby Day at MA State House, March 8th
• Workman's Comp Legislation Needs Action (3/7/01)
• Worcester School NursesWorcester Telegram 3/1&2/2001
• Special Meeting Scheduled for Disaffiliation Vote
• Board and Cabinet Cast Unanimous Vote to Split from ANA
• Disaffiliation Makes Dollars and Cents
• A Moral Compass for MNA Disaffiliation
• What An Independent MNA Can Accomplish
• Commonly Asked Questions About Disaffiliation
• Directions to the Vote: Mechanics Hall, Worcester
• How the MNA Defines Staff Nurse
• What the ANA Doesn't Want You to Know About Disaffiliation
• ANA Staff Votes to Authorize Strike
• MNA Takes Issue with ANA's Response to Staffing Crisis
• MNA  Offers Free CE Online...Coming Soon
• Chapter 9: Single-Payer System for MA - The Time Has Come
• MNA Hires New Legislative Director, Signs on with Influential Beacon Hill Lobbying Firm
• Annual Unit 7 Breakfast, May 1, 2001, 9-11:00am
• MNA Joins School Nurse Health Day at State House
• Mass Nurses Earn Legislative Victory
• MNA Elections: Primary ballot due March 30th
• MNA Annual Awards: Nomination deadline, June 1st
• Member Opportunities at MNA
• MassNurse Foundation Activities
• Notice Regarding Approval for CE Provider Programs
• Nursing and Nursing Issues in South Korea

February 2001

• Leadership Opportunities at the MNA (March/Feb 2001)
• As Pressure Mounts on Nurses, Union Presence GrowsBBJ, 2/2/01
• New study shows demand for skilled nursing care far exceeds supply(nurses.com web site Feb 16, 2001)
• Coalition Releases Student Focus Group Results:
First Step in Ad Campaign to Fight Nursing Shortage (Feb 2001)
• Mass Receives Domestic Violence Funding (Feb 2001)
• News for Employees of Commonwealth (Feb 2001)\
• Nurses Needed to Testify at Hearings on Legislation (Feb 2001)
• Hundreds Plead to Keep Hospitals...Boston Herald, Feb 16, 2001
• Unit 7 Update (2/16/01)
• MNA Hires New Director of Legislation &
Government Affairs.  Signs on with Influential Beacon Hill
Lobbying Firm, Push To Pass Safe Staffing Bill (2/01/01)
• The Nursing Shortage: A "To Do" list for the Profession
MNA Issues Report on Short and Long Term Initiatives
• Safe Staffing Bill Tops MNA State House Agenda
• MNA Launches Quarterly Newsletter to All RNs in MA
• Universal Single Payer Health Care: Could MA be the 1st?
• President's Message: Our Legacy Must Be Our Willingness to Lead
• MNA Applauds Senator Richard Moore for Introduction of Legislative Initiatives to Address Nursing Shortage
• Bill Would Ban Mandatory Overtime For Health Care Employees
• 2001 MNA Legislative Agenda for Quality Care: The Voice of Nursing on Beacon Hill
• NursePLAN: helping to create positive changes for the profession
• Rapid Response Network: core of grass roots activism for MNA
• Save the Date: Lobby Day 2001, March 8th,  9am-12:00
• OSHA Ergonomic Standard Brings Hope for Better Working Conditions...Maybe
• MNA Nurses in NH Ratify Landmark Contract
• How Discriminating Are You? An Awareness Tool for Nurses on Diversity
• Call for Nominations: MNA Officers, Directors 2002
• MNA Incumbent Office Holders 2001
• Mass. Nurses Foundation Activities

January 2001

 

MNA Issues Nurse Shortage Report 

Read all the Facts and Information on Safe Staffing 

Safe Staffing Tops List on MNA State House Agenda 

MNA Applauds Senator Richard Moore For Introduction

of Legislative Initiatives to Address Nursing Shortage

Senator Moore's Press Release on Legislative Package

Senator Moore's Legislative Package for a Healthy Future

BORN Hosts Meeting RE: New Regs, Jan 31st

Save Malden Hospital Rally, Thursday, Feb. 15th

Kennedy Grills Labor Nominee on MOT

Cape Visiting Nurse Receives Statewide Honor

BORN Hosts Meeting RE: New Regs, Jan 31st

Mercy Hospital Ratifies New 3-yr Contract

Press Release on School Nurse Lobby Day

School Nurse Lobby Day, Jan 24th

New Community Health Role Group, Meets Jan 24

Unit 7 Funding Bill Update

"Act Relative to Immunity" Leg Victory for CNS

WashPost: When the Hospital (RN) Staff Isn't Enough

Arbitrator ruled NY facility knew of nursing storage,

failed to hire enough nurses, used MOT unjustly

Red Cross RNs Leaflet as Contract Talks Stall

New Hamsphire: with MNA's help, VRH ratifys landmark contract

Single Payer / Universal Healthcare...not over yet!

Nurses Remain at Top of Honesty and Ethics Poll