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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Diane Scherrer
[mailto:dscherrer@mnarn.org] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Mercy Medical Center Nurses to Hold Informational Picket</span></i></b><span
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color:navy'>The Registered Nurses at Mercy Medical Center will be
picketing in front of the hospital to highlight the lack of movement by
management in recent negotiations. The RNs, represented by the
Massachusetts Nurses Association, have been in negotiations since
December. Management continues to seek a wage and benefit plan that will
not allow the hospital to remain competitive, threatening the ability to
retain and recruit experienced nurses. Please pass this notice along to
anyone you know who lives in the Springfield / Pioneer Valley area.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Informational Picket Line</span></b><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>April 15, 2008</span><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>1p.m. to 4:30 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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auto'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Mercy Medical Center</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><br>
271 Carew Street<br>
Springfield, MA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Diane
Scherrer, RN </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Western
MA Community Organizer</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Division of
Legislation</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Massachusetts
Nurses Association </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>CELL: 781-363-3817</span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";
color:#333399'>"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." ~Benjamin Franklin (1751)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO
UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to <a href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org">wmjwj@wmjwj.org</a>
with a Subject of "Unsub Worker's Rights".<br>
<br>
Western Mass Jobs with Justice<br>
640 Page Blvd #101<br>
Springfield MA 01104<br>
(413) 827-0301</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
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