07/25/2008 - 12:34pm
A STRONG VOICE
As the largest organization representing registered
nurses and health care professionals in Massachusetts,
MNA is leading the fight to defend our profession for all
Massachusetts registered nurses, union or non-union.
No matter where nurses practice or what the population
of patients they serve, the MNA has the tools, the
resources and the support nurses need to be the best
they can be and to ensure that the patients they care for
receive the care they deserve.
The MNA has set the standard for union contract
language to protect nurses in Massachusetts, including:
• Making MNA nurses the highest paid nurses in
Massachusetts.
• Preventing mandatory overtime.
• Preventing inappropriate floating of nurses and
the use of mandatory on-call.
• Regulating the introduction of new technologies.
• Establishing staffing guidelines and ratios.
• Providing important new benefits such as HIV
insurance and retiree health insurance.
CONTACT WESTERN MASS
MNA TODAY!
“As an educator and
professional, I believe RNs need
to be represented by a nurses
union - MNA - to provide a
unified voice addressing the
nurse’s work environment
which directly impacts on the
care patients receive.”
- Gail Bean
07/25/2008 - 12:25pm
MNA ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
The Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union
and professional association of registered nurses and health
care professionals in Massachusetts, representing more
then 23,000 members working in 85 health care facilities,
including 51 acute care hospitals, as well as a growing
number of nurses and health care professionals working in
schools, visiting nurses associations, public health
departments and state agencies.
The Massachusetts Nurses Association's purpose is to:
• Foster high standards of nursing practice, education
and research.
• Provide protections for RNs in advocating for safer
staffing and practice conditions.
• Support nurses in gaining a greater voice and
respect on the job.
• Foster involvement by RNs in the political process
to shape sound health policies.
• Promote access to quality health care services for
all people.
Effective July 1, 2008, MNA will offer a new Associate
Member status for registered nurses in New England. This
is an exciting opportunity for registered nurses to engage in
an effective and meaningful way to strengthen the largest
professional organization of working nurses in
Massachusetts.
As an Associate Member, you will have the opportunity to
work with colleagues on health care public policy projects,
and help identify topics for designing continuing education
programs relevant to your practice.
07/25/2008 - 12:15pm
As a full-time ICU nurse for almost 30 years, I have
witnessed the profound changes in the way we care for
our patients and practice nursing. Working as RNs in
the hospital environment has become increasingly
challenging and affects not only our work lives, but also
our lives outside of the workplace
05/20/2008 - 2:31pm
Labor Talk is a monthly 1/2 hour show run by APWU
members
Labor Talk is a monthly 1/2 hour show run by Don Sheehan, Ross
Baker and Bruce Pearson of the
American Postal Workers Union. The program is dedicated to issues
facing working families in the local, national and world communities.
