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<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://ssomail.charter.net/do/redirect?url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.massnurses.org"
target="_blank"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=690 height=44 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01C8CD5D.EC47CC00" alt="cid:064500717@12062008-015F"></span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice Nurses to Hold Informational
Picket</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'>The
Registered Nurses at Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice will be picketing in front
of the agency on Thursday, June 19 to highlight the lack of movement in their
protracted negotiations. The RNs, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses
Association, have been in negotiations for nearly a year, beginning last
August. Management continues to offer a very small wage increase despite the
facility showing a profit of over $10 million in the last 15 months. An
equitable contract must be in place for their agency to be able to retain and
recruit experienced nurses. Please pass this notice along to anyone you know
who lives in the area.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#333399'>Informational Picket
Line</span></b></em><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#333399'><br>
</span></i></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>Thursday, June 19, 2008</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>4:30 PM</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>168 Industrial Drive, Northampton, MA 01060</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>Near intersection of King St. and Damon Rd.</span></strong><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><br>
</span></b><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#000066'>South of Damon Rd.</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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'>Diane
Scherrer, RN, Western MA Community Organizer, Division of Legislation</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'>Massachusetts
Nurses Association </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'>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)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333399'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TO UNSUBSCRIBE, send an email to <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a>
with a Subject of "Unsub Workers' Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>[Workers' Rights] posts opportunities for you
to learn about and show solidarity with workplace and working class struggles.
And these events are opportunities for JwJ members to fulfill their pledge: <u><a
href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>"I'll
be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!"</span></a></u>
This is the core mission of Jobs with Justice (<a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
style='color:windowtext'>www.jwj.org</span></a>), affirming that workers'
rights are human rights. To subscribe, send an email to <a
href="mailto:wmjwj@wmjwj.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>wmjwj@wmjwj.org</span></a>
with a Subject of "Subscribe Worker's Rights".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Western
Mass Jobs with Justice<br>
640 Page Blvd #101<br>
Springfield MA 01104<br>
(413) 827-0301 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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