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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] <br>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
hospital industry at great expense is mailing out letters with postage-paid
postcards that oppose <a href="http://www.protectmasspatients.org/">The Patient
Safety Act.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Several
MNA members have asked about forwarding the letter to the editor from the
California nurse to the Western Mass Senators and have requested the senators’
emails. I have listed the senators’ emails below. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Along
with the LTE attached, I have attached a document of letters from California
Senators in support of the legislation stating how it is working in California.
The MNA delivered these letters to the senators last week. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
email <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>your</span></strong>
senator with your name and address. The weight of your message comes from being
a constituent who votes!!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>To find out who your State Senator is or for more
information, go to </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.capwiz.com/massnurses"><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.capwiz.com/massnurses</span></strong></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Region
1 Senators</span></u></strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stephen
Brewer <a href="mailto:Stephen.Brewer@state.ma.us">Stephen.Brewer@state.ma.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stephen
Buoniconti <a href="mailto:Stephen.Buoniconti@state.ma.us">Stephen.Buoniconti@state.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gail
Candaras <a href="mailto:Gale.Candaras@State.MA.US">Gale.Candaras@State.MA.US</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ben
Downing <a href="mailto:Benjamin.Downing@state.ma.us">Benjamin.Downing@state.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michael
Knapik <a href="mailto:Michael.Knapik@state.ma.us">Michael.Knapik@state.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stanley
Rosenberg <a href="mailto:Stanley.Rosenberg@state.ma.us">Stanley.Rosenberg@state.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Coronet","serif";
color:black'>###</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Coronet","serif";
color:black'>Diane Scherrer, RN</span></b><b><span 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;
margin-left:.5in'><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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><b><span 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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.5in'><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;
margin-left:.5in'><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 style='margin-left:.5in'><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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Workers' Rights".<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><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: <a href="http://www.jwj.org/pledge.html"><span
style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>"</span><span style='color:blue'>I'll
be there for workers' rights at least five times a year!</span><span
style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>"</span></a> This is the core
mission of Jobs with Justice (<a href="http://www.jwj.org/"><span
style='color:blue'>www.jwj.org</span></a>), affirming that workers' rights are
human rights. To subscribe, send an email to wmjwj@wmjwj.org with a Subject of
"Subscribe Worker's Rights".<br>
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<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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