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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=999272913-26102007><FONT
face="Courier New"><FONT face=Arial>Mass. Nurses Assn. urgently
requests our immediate support to keep Greenfield-based Visiting Nurses
& Hospice services going. See below.
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=999272913-26102007><FONT
face="Courier New"><FONT face=Arial>Please note that Baystate Health
announced its layoffs/shutdown on the same day that it had
contract negotiations with the Greenfield VNA/Hospice nurses, an MNA
bargaining unit. </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The nurses had thought they were
close to a tentative agreement after <EM><STRONG>three years</STRONG></EM> of
negotiations, dragged out by Baystate's anti-union animus.
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=999272913-26102007><FONT
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial size=2>And the notice came just a week
after hundreds of MNA nurses, other union members, and community activists
showed their support for the Baystate VNA/Hospice nurses by leafleting
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">MassMutual</st1:PlaceName> in
Springfield (</st1:place>where two members of the Board of Trustees of Baystate
Medical Center are employed).
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face="Times New Roman"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Union-busting and service-cutting
go hand-in-hand. However, as a so-called
"non-profit," this corporation is <STRONG><EM>financially
underwritten</EM></STRONG> by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That's
our money in their coffers. Please tell your elected officials
(below) you want it spent on providing services without union-busting, starting
with keeping Baystate VNA & Hospice open in
Greenfield. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT><SPAN class=999272913-26102007><FONT
face="Courier New"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2>For
more information on reigning in so-called non-profit corporations, please
contact WMass Jobs with Justice: (413) 827-0301; <A
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</A>. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Diane Scherrer </FONT><A href="mailto:dscherrer@mnarn.org"><FONT
size=2>dscherrer@mnarn.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><A
title="http://capwiz.com/massnurses/utr/0/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capwiz.com%2Fmassnurses Support Your Community Nurses!"
href="http://capwiz.com/massnurses/utr/0/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.capwiz.com%2Fmassnurses"><FONT
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<P>Baystate Health management recently announced that they
are closing the Greenfield Office of the Baystate Visiting
Nurse and Hospice (VNAH). They also announced that there
would be lay-offs at the VNA office in Springfield and at
the Baystate Franklin Medical Center. <BR><BR>According to
Baystate Health officials, they are closing the VNAH in
Greenfield and reducing staff at the main office in
Springfield due to rising costs and deficits caused by cuts
in Medicare reimbursement for home care. But Baystate is
posting a record surplus for the current fiscal year!
Baystate Health Systems total profits for the second quarter
were $35.1 million, compared to $21.7 million for the same
period in 2006. This constitutes a roughly 60%
increase!<BR><BR>The VNAH in Greenfield employs 55 people
and provides home care to about 150 patients, and the
hospice program serves between 18 to 23 patients on a daily
basis. Given how well Baystate is doing financially, how can
they be cutting these important services to sick and dying
people in Greenfield? </P>
<P>Is this the Baystate Health System that cares about the
community and their employees, or is this a company who
clearly puts profits before patients? </P>
<P><STRONG>Baystate's greed is hurting our
community!</STRONG> </P>
<P>Call your legislators and urge them to call Trish Hannon
(Senior Vice President for Health Care Operations) at
413-794-5516 and Mark Tolosky (CEO of Baystate) through his
Executive Assistant at 413-794-5890. </P>
<P><STRONG><FONT size=4>Keep Baystate VNA & Hospice in
Greenfield open!</FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P><BR>LEGISLATORS TO CONTACT</P>
<P>Senator Edward Kennedy<BR>2400 John F. Kennedy Federal
Building<BR>Boston, MA 02203<BR>617-565-3170</P>
<P>Senator John Kerry<BR>Springfield Federal
Building<BR>1550 Main Street <BR>Suite 304<BR>Springfield,
MA 01101<BR>(413) 785-4610 <BR><BR>If you live in Franklin
or Hampshire County, CALL:<BR>Congressman John Olver<BR>57
Suffolk Street Suite 310 <BR>Holyoke, MA 01040<BR>TEL:
413-532-7010</P>
<P>If you live in Hampden County, CALL:<BR>Congressman
Richard Neal<BR>The Federal Building<BR>1550 Main Street,
Suite 309<BR>Springfield, MA 01103<BR>413-785-0325</P>
<P>If you live in Northampton, Amherst, Belchertown, Hadley,
Hatfield, Pelham and South Hadley, in the county of
Hampshire; and Bernardston, Buckland, Colrain, Deerfield,
Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Leverett, Leyden, Montague, New
Salem, Northfield, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland,
Wendell and Whately, in the county of Franklin,
CALL:<BR>Senator Stanley Rosenberg<BR>1 Prince
Street<BR>Northampton, MA 01060<BR>(413) 584-1649<BR><BR>If
you live in the towns of Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Orange
and Warwick, all in the county of Franklin; and the town of
Athol, in the county of Worcester, CALL: <BR>Representative
Christopher J. Donelan<BR>186 Walnut Hill Rd<BR>Orange, MA
01364<BR>978-544-2180<BR><BR>If you live in the towns of
Easthampton, Hadley and South Hadley, all in the county of
Hampshire, CALL:<BR>Representative John Scibak<BR>P.O. Box
136<BR>South Hadley, MA<BR>413-539-5855<BR><BR>If you live
in the towns of Amherst and Granby, both in the county of
Hampshire, CALL:<BR>Representative Ellen Story<BR>State
House Room 167<BR>Boston, MA 02133<BR>617-722-2575</P>
<P>If you live in the towns of Conway, Deerfield, Leverett,
Montague, New Salem, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Wendell and
Whately, all in the county of Franklin; and precincts A and
D, of the town of Belchertown, and the towns of
Chesterfield, Goshen, Huntington, Pelham, Williamsburg and
Worthington, all in the county of Hampshire, CALL:
<BR>Representative Stephen Kulik<BR>1 Sugarloaf
Street<BR>South Deerfield, MA 01373<BR>413-665-7200</P>
<P>If you live in the towns of Hatfield, Southampton and
Westhampton, and the city of Northampton, all in the county
of Hampshire, CALL:<BR>Representative Peter Kocot<BR>State
House Room 473F<BR>Boston, MA 02133<BR>617-722-2210</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Diane Scherrer, RN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Community Organizer, <SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Division of
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Calligraphy'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">"Without
good and careful nursing many must suffer greatly, and probably perish, that
might have been restored to health and comfort, and become useful to
themselves, their families, and the public, for many years after."
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