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
- 08.17.2018 VIDEO: Worcester Emergency Nurse Lyn Flagg Supports Question 1, Safe Patient Limits
- 08.15.2018 VIDEO: Emergency Nurse Isabella Kopka on Safe Patient Limits in CA and MA
- 08.09.2018 VIDEO: RN Lina Ledoux on Safe Patient Limits and ED Nursing in California and Massachusetts
- 08.07.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Hospital in Holyoke to Hold August 9 Protest Against Patient Care Cuts by Wildly Profitable Trinity Health
- 07.30.2018 Proposed Closures of Local Hospital Units and Services by HealthAlliance will be focus of DPH Public Hearing on Aug. 1
- 07.26.2018 Video: California Health Care Workers Support MA Question 1 - Safe Patient Limits
- 07.17.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital Vow to Fight Damaging Cuts to Child and Elder Psychiatric Services
- 07.17.2018 The Ballot is Brewing! Join us Aug. 2 at a Boston Brewery Event for Safe Patient Limits
- 07.16.2018 Registered Nurses Unite for Question 1: Safe Patient Limits
- 07.12.2018 NEW Free Domestic Violence CE and BBQ for Members 8/7
- 07.09.2018 MNA Nurses at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield Ratify Strong Contract after First Negotiation with Out-of-State Employer
- 07.09.2018 MNA Nurses at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke Ratify Strong Contract after First Negotiation with Out-of-State Employer
- 07.09.2018 Patient Safety Act Secured on the November Ballot
- 06.28.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract that Marks Major Success for Patients, Nurses and the Public
- 06.27.2018 MNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Stand Strong against Blow Dealt by U.S. Supreme Court to Working Families and Communities
- 06.21.2018 MNA Board Votes to Urge U.S. Government to Swiftly Reunite Families Separated at the Border and Condemn the Trauma Inflicted on Thousands of Children
- 06.21.2018 MNA Members: Join RN Donna Kelly-Williams for a Telephone Town Hall on Safe Patient Limits on June 28
- 06.18.2018 Mass SJC Rules Ballot Measure to Set Safe Patient Limits is Valid Decision Clears Path for Patient Safety Act to Be on the Ballot in November
- 06.15.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement that Improves Staffing and Patient Care and Averts One-Day Strike
- 06.12.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract that Marks a Major Success for Patients, Nurses, All Caregivers and the Public
- 06.05.2018 Hear why Dotty Nygard, an ED nurse in California, supports Safe Patient Limits for patients and nurse in Massachusetts
- 06.05.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Schedule 24-hour Strike for Monday, June 18 after Management Refuses to Make Staffing and Patient Care Improvements
- 05.29.2018 UMass Memorial Health Alliance in Leominster Plans to Close Pediatric Unit Depriving Children and Families of Access to Care Close to Home
- 05.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement that Benefits Patients, Nurses and the Public
- 05.11.2018 Massachusetts Nurses Association Endorses Representative Michael Capuano for Re-Election
- 05.07.2018 ‘State of Patient Care in Massachusetts’ Survey Released for National Nurses Week Finds Nurses Sounding the Alarm Over Deteriorating Conditions for Hospitalized Patients and Need for Safe Patient Limits
- 05.07.2018 During National Nurses Week, Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Rally, Highlighting 500+ Unsafe Staffing Forms Filed by RNs
- 04.30.2018 Hearing on 4/30: Call Lawmakers to Support Safe Patient Limits
- 04.23.2018 The Challenges of Managing the Illicit Drug Use Delimma: A CE Class based in Canton for MNA and Non-MNA Members
- 04.16.2018 Remembering Dorothy McCabe
- 04.09.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Schedule Actions during One-Day Strike for Patient Safety and the Hospital’s Threatened Lock Out
- 04.09.2018 Update on the State's Requirement That You Take an Approved "Sexual & Domestic Violence Prevention" Course
- 04.03.2018 National Labor Relations Board Finds Merit to Three Unfair Labor Practice Charges against Berkshire Medical Center
- 04.03.2018 Steward Plans to Close DPH-deemed Essential Maternity Services at Morton Hospital Called into Question by DPH, Community Leaders and Caregivers
- 04.03.2018 Nurses and Community to Hold Patient Safety Vigil April 5 in Greenfield Ahead of One-Day Strike at Baystate Franklin Medical Center
- 04.02.2018 National Labor Relations Board Issues Complaint against West Springfield-Based Trinity Health at Home for Refusing to Negotiate with Nurses
- 03.26.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Issue Notice for 24-Hour Strike on April 11 after Baystate Refuses to Improve Patient Care
- 03.19.2018 Join the MNA at MNA Nurse Appreciation Night at Fenway! Tuesday May 15
- 03.15.2018 Unionized Nurses at Tobey Hospital Reach Winning Settlement against Southcoast Hospitals Group on Both NLRB Charge and New Contract
- 03.15.2018 Committee Advances Nurse-Backed Bill to Help Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Patients Languishing in Emergency Departments
- 03.07.2018 MNA Nurse Interviewed by NECN about Saving Morton Maternity (Video)
- 03.01.2018 DPH Issues Ruling Declaring Maternity Unit at Steward Morton Hospital an Essential Service That Must Be Maintained
- 02.28.2018 Register Now for the Labor School Program: Understanding the Janus Case
- 02.23.2018 Berkshire Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice, Talks to Continue
- 02.23.2018 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Nurses Withdraw One-Day Strike Notice as They Seek Fair Agreement That Protects and Improves Patient Care
- 02.20.2018 Greenfield City Councilors Will Travel to Springfield on Wednesday to Demand Action from CEO and Trustees on BFMC Patient Care and a Fair Contract
