[Antiracism] [Workers Rights] Community Briefing: VNA/Hospice Shutdown

[WMass Jobs With Justice]

Dear friends,

As you know, the highly profitable Baystate Health empire (see 
http://www.baystatehealth.com/eConsumer/bhs_chan_index.jsp?chId=4c35902386f2
df00VgnVCM1000000f0c19acRCRD) 
has decided to shut down its Visiting Nurses and Hospice operation that
serves upper Pioneer Valley from 101 Munson Street, Greenfield.

You are invited to learn more about stopping the shutdown at a Community
Briefing by the Massachusetts Nurses Association on Thursday November 15,
7-9pm, at First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield (774-3449).

There are other steps you can take to stop the shutdown:
	* Visit http://capwiz.com/massnurses/issues/alert/?alertid=10478886.

	* Call Trish Hannon (Baystate's Senior Vice President for Health
Care Operations) at (413) 794-5516 and CEO Mark Tolosky at (413) 794-5890. 
	* And call Trustee Tim Rice. His Greenfield-based Rice Companies
include Rice Oil, Rice's Ice, and Neighbors Convenience Stores. Call him at
(413) 772-0227.

Thank you for your attention to this!

In solidarity,

Jon Weissman
	Coordinator, Western Mass. Jobs with Justice
(413) 827-0301
	and 
Diane Scherrer
	Mass. Nurses Association's Western Mass. Community Organizer,
Division of Legislation
(413) 584-4607 x2  

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