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Massachusetts Nurses Association Members Ratify New Contracts at Four Steward Health Care Hospitals


CANTON, Mass., July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) at four Steward Health Care hospitals -- Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, Norwood Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton -- have ratified new contract settlements which will run through December 31, 2022.  The agreements cover some 1,700 RNs, social workers, nurse practitioners, lab scientists, physical therapists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals who are members of the MNA.

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"We are glad to have reached agreements that will improve conditions for patient care and which will attract and retain great patient care staff," said Karen Gavigan, RN, MNA co-chair at Good Samaritan Medical Center.

Highlights of the agreements include:

"With these positive settlements accomplished, we are devoting all our energies to the passage of The Patient Safety Act, Question 1, to improve patient care in all Massachusetts Hospitals," says Joan Ballantyne, MNA co-chair at Norwood Hospital and MNA Board member.

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Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its 23,000 members advance the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Legislature and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.

SOURCE Massachusetts Nurses Association


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