Year: 2009
Higher wages seen after nurse-staffing law enacted (DS)
State’s RNs/Health Professionals Criticize Governor’s Budget for Its Neglect of State-Operated Programs for the Care of the Most Vulnerable Mentally Ill and Disabled Residents
Support Call for Increased Sources of Revenue CANTON, MA — The Commonwealth’s system of care for the most vulnerable citizens is being jeopardized by yet another round of funding cuts… Read more »
MNA opposes state plan to close four developmental centers
MNA members report loud and clear: unsafe staffing remains the greatest patient care concern
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition
Caritas Carney honors Penny Connolly at annual awards dinner
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition
RNs at Brigham & Women’s ratify new one-year contract
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition
BMC nurses ratify contract that includes pay hike, benefit enhancements and language to protect nurses’ union rights
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition The registered nurses represented by the MNA at the East Newton Campus of Boston Medical Center have ratified a new three-year contract that… Read more »
Bargaining Unit Updates
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition MetroWest/Leonard Morse Hospital The MNA nurses at MetroWest Medical Center/Leonard Morse Hospitalt recently overwhelmingly rejected the management’s proposal to not be paid overtime… Read more »
Welcome change expected with Obama pick as labor secretary
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition
Why it is called the Employee Free Choice Act
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition What is the Employee Free Choice Act? Well, it is a piece of proposed legislation that would, in a nutshell, restore workers’ freedom… Read more »
