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Lahey Health Nurses at Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital Campuses Go Public with Concerns for Patient Safety as Lahey Management Repeatedly Violates a State Law Prohibiting the Use of Mandatory Overtime as An Alternative to Safe RN Staffing
Exhausted nurses who work at Lahey Health’s Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester are sounding the alarm and taking action to address unsafe patient care conditions at their… Read more »
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Vote to Ratify New Contract
Pact Includes Limits on Floating of Nurses, Pay Raise and No Change to Benefits Wellesley, MA – The nurses of Newton Wellesley Hospital voted yesterday to ratify a new union… Read more »
RNs at Leominster Hospital Reach Tentative Agreement with Management for Three-Year Contract
Includes improvements in RN staffing with safe limits on nurses’ patient assignments, reasonable wage increases, and benefit protections Leominster, MASS. — The registered nurses at Leominster Hospital, who are organized… Read more »
Media Coverage of the Leominster Hospital Nurses’ Vote to Strike
Below is a tremendous story about the overwhelming vote last night by MNA nurses at UMass/Health Alliance Leominster Hospital. The story was top of the fold in this morning’s paper,… Read more »
Leominster Hospital RNs Cast Overwhelming Vote Tonight to Authorize a One-Day Strike
The registered nurses of Leominster Hospital, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association and who have been working to negotiate a new contract with UMass Memorial Health Care for… Read more »
RNs at UMass’ Leominster Hospital to Hold a Vote to Authorize One-Day Strike
The registered nurses of Leominster Hospital, who are unionized with the Massachusetts Nurses Association and who have been working to negotiate a new contract with UMass Memorial Health Care for… Read more »
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement Today on New Contract, Averting Strike Set for June 30
Newton Wellesley Hospital Nurses Issue 10-Day Notice for a One-Day Strike on June 30 As Talks Stall Over Partners’ Plan to Cut RN Staffing, Increase Unwarranted Floating of Nurses and Seek Cuts to RNs’ Benefits
In response to deteriorating patient care conditions and demands by Partners Health Care to cut their benefits in the wake of posting more than a half billion dollars in profits,… Read more »
UMass Memorial Medical Center Nurses Ratify New One-Year Contract
New Pact Includes Staffing Improvements, Pay Raise and a “Respectful Relationship” Clause Obligating Management to Work With the Union to Address Ongoing Concerns about Staffing/Workplace Issues WORCESTER, MA – After… Read more »
