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Should school nurses be paid like teachers? (DS)
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 »
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 »
MNA Region 3 unveils AEDs for Life program
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition The MNA’s Regional Council 3 was happy to kick off its new “AEDs for Life” program with a $500 donation to Martha’s Vineyard… Read more »
Flu vaccination: an occupational health and patient safety issue
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition By Donna LazorikMS, APRN, BC with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Influenza is not the common cold. Every year in Massachusetts, influenza… Read more »
Executive Director’s Column: Breaking the link to employer-based health insurance
From the Massachusetts Nurse NewsletterJanuary 2009 Edition
