BOSTON, Mass. – Nurses and advocates will testify at the State House on Tuesday in favor of legislation to strengthen state and community oversight of essential hospital service closures, such… Read more »
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As Steward Health Care Threatens Taunton Maternity Closure, Lawmakers to Hold Hearing on Hospital Essential Services Bill
Coalition submits over 100k signatures to Secretary of Commonwealth for Patient Safety Act
BOSTON — Today, the Committee to Ensure Safe Patient Care delivered over 100,000 signatures to the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth in support of the A Law Relative… Read more »
Baystate Noble Hospital Nurses Ratify Contract
WESTFIELD, Mass. – The registered nurses of Baystate Noble Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted on Monday, Nov. 27 to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement. “We are… Read more »
RNs at Steward St. Elizabeth’s to picket on Thursday, Nov. 30
Berkshire Medical Center Nurses to Hold Patient Safety Vigil on Monday, Nov. 27 Ahead of Next Negotiation Session
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The registered nurses of Berkshire Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold a Patient Safety Vigil on Monday, Nov. 27, the night before the… Read more »
Announced Closure of Vibra Hospital in Springfield Prompts MNA Nurses to Seek Equal or Better Complex Care for their Patients
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The registered nurses of Vibra Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will advocate for their patients following the announced closure of Vibra Healthcare’s Springfield campus, urging… Read more »
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital Nurses to Urge Partners HealthCare to ‘Bring Back the Brigham Way’ at Informational Picket on Wednesday, Nov. 15
BOSTON, Mass. – The registered nurses of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, Nov. 15. The action is not… Read more »
Say “NO” to Compact! Call your senator today!
Contact your state senator to let them know you OPPOSE Amendment 105 to the Senate Health Care bill which would turn Massachusetts into a "compact state" — allowing nurses from… Read more »
Why Nurses OPPOSE “Nurse Licensure Compact”
A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING Supporters of this bill have been very loose with the facts in advocating for this measure. They have portrayed scenarios to support the bill that… Read more »