Nurse NEWS

Massachusetts Nurses in the News

• Berkshire VNA and Healthcare Professionals win union!

  • The National Labor Relations Board counted the votes of Berkshire VNA nurses and healthcare professionals on December 22 following a mail-in election and found they voted by a wide margin to join the MNA

• MNA Nurses at St. Vincent’s reach historic deal

  • The nurses and Tenet have agreed to suspend picketing outside the hospital from Dec. 20 until Jan. 4 "as a show of good faith," according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association

• Nurses Leaving Hospital Positions in Droves to Take Travel Jobs

  • As covid persists, nurses are leaving staff jobs -- and tripling their pay according to an independent analyst of the health-care workforce.

• Omicron variant stretches already thin resources

  • The surge in coronavirus cases driven by the new omicron variant is the latest blow to hospitals, police departments, supermarkets and other critical operations struggling to maintain staffing levels