MGB Home Care Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Vote to Join MNA as they Seek an Independent Voice to Improve Safety for Patients and Staff
MGB Home Care clinicians plan to use their collective strength as union members to secure professional respect and ensure safe patient care conditions
"I'm really excited to move forward and begin the process of formally building this union, as well as bargaining with our employer to get a contract in place that allows us to provide the best care we can for our patients while respecting our personal and professional needs," said
"I feel really good about the large percentage of clinicians having voted in favor of the union. There is always power in numbers!" said
"Winning this election with such strong support is an indication that we are long overdue for representation with management," said
"Winning this election is a pivotal moment for the clinicians of MGB Home Care. We are now in a position to use our collective voice to work with leadership to make decisions regarding improved patient care, safety, and better working conditions for clinicians," said
In recent years, there has been unprecedented interest in nurses and healthcare professionals seeking union representation as a means of protecting their patients and themselves by having a voice, the ability to advocate for better working conditions, and compensation and benefits that allow for the recruitment and retention of staff. Nurses and healthcare professionals are joining together to counter oppressive management practices that have created a shortage of professionals willing to work in an increasingly corporate healthcare environment.
- Approximately 80 MGB Home Hospital nurses voted to join the MNA in
May 2024 , the same day that a group of Newton-Wellesley Hospital ambulatory care nurses won their vote to join the MNA. - Martha's Vineyard Hospital ambulatory care nurses are completing a mail-in election with a vote count expected
July 2 . - 280 nurses at Framingham Union Hospital voted to join the MNA in
January 2024 . - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute –
Merrimack Valley nurses ratified their first MNA contract inJanuary 2024 . - 16 nurses at South Shore Endoscopy Center (MGB) ratified their first contract in
December 2023 . - Berkshire VNA nurses and healthcare professionals ratified their first MNA contract in
December 2023 . - Milford Regional Medical Center nurses ratified their first MNA contract in
November 2022 . - St. Luke's Hospital nurses ratified their first MNA contract in
February 2022 .
There are 436 MGB Home Care nurses and healthcare professionals joining the MNA following the election. They provide a wide range of care, from nursing and occupational health to physical therapy and speech language pathology. MGB Home Care clinicians provide care for patients throughout
Following the NLRB election, nurses and healthcare professionals will vote for their elected leaders and bargaining committee and begin determining proposals for first contract negotiations. In a letter requesting voluntary recognition of their union delivered to MGB in May, the nurses and healthcare professionals included a series of reasons for unionizing:
- We want to feel valued and respected as Home Care clinicians. This includes being paid for all work, receiving better benefits, and benefiting from transparent and real communication.
- The safety of our patients and staff is too often at risk. We are seeking protections that safeguard patients and ensure staff can safely perform our work.
- When we are exhausted and assigned work past our capacity, patients and our entire organization suffer. We are seeking work-life balance, especially considering that patient care does not stop at hands-on care.
- We are experts in patient care and have insights that can help elevate care quality and ensure proper continuity of care.
- When our workload is unfair or uneven, clinicians are demoralized and are less likely to stay at Home Care. We are seeking equity in this area, along with consistency across teams.
- We have a right to dignity and for the Home Care administration to respect diversity.
The MNA is the largest union and professional organization of nurses and healthcare professionals in
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Founded in 1903, the Massachusetts Nurses Association is the largest union of registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Its 25,000 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.
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