(Registered Nurse Response Network) to get volunteer nurses into Haiti and to also support our Haitian nurse partners in the relief work they do every day. Haiti lost over 1,000… Read more »
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MNA has been working with Partners in health (PIH)and the NNU (National Nurses Union) and their RNRN (Registered Nurse Response Network)
Mayors want health costs on ballot
Legislators say cities to blame for benefits By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff | March 10, 2010 A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative… Read more »
Patrick gets unions huffing and puffing
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist | March 10, 2010 LABOR LEADERS are in a lather. So deep runs their indignation that Governor Patrick canceled an appearance at a recent AFL-CIO… Read more »
Pricey imaging pushes up health costs
Technology, changes in test sites drive rise By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | March 11, 2010 In just two years, spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests climbed by… Read more »
SJC upholds trigger locks in Massachusetts
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff In a victory for law enforcement and gun control advocates, the state’s high court today said state law requiring gun owners to use trigger… Read more »
Morton Hospital Nurses and Health Professionals Deliver Petition to Hospital CEO In Appeal for Safe Conditions
TAUNTON, MA — In the wake of ongoing concerns about unsafe staffing/working conditions and the lack of progress in negotiations with management to address the situation, the registered nurses and… Read more »
Stop & Shop strike averted
By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 Grocery workers approved new contracts yesterday with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., ending months of tense negotiations and averting a threatened… Read more »
Unions’ support is no lock for Patrick
Budget woes strain relations By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 First in an occasional series. Of all the daunting challenges facing Deval Patrick this reelection year,… Read more »
Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal
State questions constitutionality By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 RICHMOND – Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal… Read more »
Shaw’s workers spread out protest
Union takes picket to local grocery stores By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | March 9, 2010 Shaw’s Supermarket workers yesterday fanned out their protest to local grocery stores, a day… Read more »