[Antiracism] [Workers Rights] MNA response to Baystate choosing profits over patients

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From: Diane Scherrer HYPERLINK
"mailto:dscherrer at mnarn.org"dscherrer at mnarn.org 
Diane Scherrer, RN, Western MA Community Organizer, Division of Legislation,
Massachusetts Nurses Association  
 
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e.html"http://blog.masslive.com/breakingnews/2007/10/baystate_to_cut_health_
service.html.

MNA response to Baystate choosing profits over patients 

In a blatant and appalling display of putting profits before patients,
Baystate Medical announced this week that they are closing the Greenfield
Office of the Bay state VNA and Hospice.  They also announced that there
will be lay-offs at the VNA office in Springfield and at the Baystate
Franklin Medical Center.  This was announced the same day that a negotiation
session was scheduled with the Greenfield VNA/Hospice nurses MNA bargaining
unit.  

The nurses had thought they were close to a tentative agreement after three
years of negotiations.  This notice came just a week after hundreds of MNA
nurses, other unions, and community activists showed their support of the
Baystate VNA/Hospice nurses by leafleting the Springfield MassMutual
Building where two members of the Board of Trustees of Baystate Medical
Center are employed.   

 

Is this the Baystate Medical Center that cares about the community and their
employees or is this a company who clearly puts profits before patients? 

 

The MNA is exploring all options available in response to these lay-offs.
We will continue to support the nurses affected by this egregious action and
will contact you as we plan future actions to support the nurses and the
community.

 
Charlie Rasmussen
MNA Associate Director for Union Communications
330 Turnpike St.
Canton, Ma 02121
o-781-830-5756
c-781-363-0728
HYPERLINK "mailto:crasmussen at mnarn.org"crasmussen at mnarn.org
 
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In related news ...
Income-Inequality Gap Widens; Highest Since 1920s HYPERLINK
"http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101207R.shtml"http://www.truthout.org/doc
s_2006/101207R.shtml

Greg Ip of The Wall Street Journal reports, "The richest Americans' share of
national income has hit a postwar record, surpassing the highs reached in
the 1990s bull market, and underlining the divergence of economic fortunes
blamed for fueling anxiety among American workers."


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