Labor Board Becomes Government's "Rip Van Winkle"

Tony Dunn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:05:44 -0400

"...employees have no right to use the company email for "concerted activity."

The Patient Safety Act Update

Tony Dunn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:31:27 -0400

As many of you already know, last week the State Senate voted on a drastically amended version of the Patient Safety Act that would actually make the current dangerous status quo even worse. Despite a vigorous effort to defeat this bill, we were unsuccessful, and the bill passed 23-13. Needless to say, we are very disappointed, a disappointment I know that all of you, who worked so hard on this legislation, will share.

In the immediate term, we must make sure that the Senate version of the bill does not somehow make its way to the Governor's desk. Accordingly, below are instructions, along with a chart listing how every member of the Senate voted.

This information will also be available on the MNA website @ http://www.massnurses.org/. Please note that on the action alert below we are asking that you make 2 calls - one to your senator, and one to your state rep.

Thanks to everyone for all of your hard work on this bill. While I know the outcome last week was disappointing, but we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and move forward.

Onward!

Below is the list of how your Senator voted on SB2805, a dramatically harmful version of the Patient Safety Act that would allow the state's hospitals to continue the dangerous and deadly status quo and even make the situation worse.

Under this legislation, there would be no uniform standard of care and instead, the Department of Public Health would only be in charge of enforcing varying and inadequate standards created by the private sector hospital industry-including the for - profit hospitals. Simply put: this bill is a hazardous step backward, and would ensure that current unsafe conditions continue to deteriorate.

Last week, the MNA called upon the State Senate to reject this bill and 13 members of the Senate supported the MNA and voted no on SB2805.

Look and and see how your Senator voted on this legislation and thank those that and voted no. We also encourage you to share your disappointment with your elected officials that voted to support SB2805.
Next, call your State Representative and ask them to reject the Senate version of the Patient Safety Act.

To contact your legislator, call 617-722-2000 or find your elected official online.

SENATE VOTE - JULY 17, 2008

Antonioni -Gardner, Leominster	YES
Augustus - Worcester	NO
Baddour - Merrimac, North Andover	YES
Berry - Beverly, Danvers, Salem, Peabody	YES
Brewer - Ashburnham, Barre, Charlton	YES
Brown - Attleboro, Wrentham, Needham,Wayland	YES
Buoniconti -Agawam, Chicopee, W.Springfield	YES
Candaras - Belchertown, Hampden, Longmeadow, Springfield	YES
Chandler - Berlin, Holden, Paxton, Princeton	NO
Creedon - Brockton, Halifax, Hanover, Whitman	YES
Creem - Brookline, Newton, Wellesley	NO
Downing - Ashfield, Williamsburg, Williamstown	YES
Fargo- Chelmsford, Concord, Waltham	YES
Galluccio- Charlestown, Cambridge, Everett	NO
Hart - Boston, 1^st Suffolk	NO
Hedlund - Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Weymouth	NO
Jehlen - Medford, Somerville, Woburn	NO
Joyce - Avon, Canton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton	YES
Knapik - Chester, Chicopee, Southwick, Westfield	YES
Marzilli - Arlington, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington	ABSENT
McGee - Lynn, Marblehead, Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott	NO
Menard - Fall River, Lakeville, Somerset, Swansea, Westport	YES
Montigny - Achusnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, New Bedford	NO
Moore - Bellingham, Blackstone, Douglas, Milford, Sutton, Uxbridge	YES
Morrissey - Abington, Braintree, Quincy, Rockland	NO
Murray - Bourne, Falmouth, Pembroke, Plymouth, Sandwich	----------
O'Leary - Brewster, Dennis, Chatham, Provincetown	NO
Pacheco - Bridgewater, Carver, Middleboro, Taunton	ABSENT
Panagiotakos - Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Tyngsboro, Westford	YES
Petruccelli - Cambridge, Revere, Winthrop	ABSENT
Resor - Acton, Ayer, Boxboro, Littleton, Shirley, Sudbury, Westboro	YES
Rosenberg - Amherst, Greenfield, Hadley, Northampton	YES
Spilka - Ashland, Framingham, Franklin, Medway, Natick	YES
Tarr- Boxford, Gloucester, Rockport, Wilmington	YES
Timilty - Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Seekonk, Walpole	NO
Tisei - Malden, Melrose, Wakefield	YES
Tolman - Belmont, Watertown	YES
Tucker - Andover, Dracut, Lawrence, Tewksbury	YES
Walsh - Dedham, Norwood, Westwood	NO
Wilkerson - Boston 2^nd Suffolk	YES

Barbara "Cookie" Cooke RN,

Associate Director

Massachusetts Nurses Association

Region 3 Community Organizer

Mobile Phone: 508.345.9219

Self-serve and slave

Tony Dunn — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:26:02 -0400

"The outsourcing of work to other countries has produced endless ire. But what about the outsourcing of work to thee and me?"

"This is a great day,"

Tony Dunn — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:07:06 -0400

Gov closes corporate tax loopholes

Masonry company fined for underpaying employees.

Tony Dunn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:05:48 -0400

Newton company fined $15K

1199 S.E.I.U. planning a rally for Boston Hospital Workers for "Free & Fair" Elections

Tony Dunn — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:20:03 -0400

Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. @ park across from Landmark Center (Intersection of Brookline Ave. & Park Drive, Longwood Medical Area, Boston - Green line "D" train to Fenway stop).

Performance by the Drop Kick Murphys!

STOP The Colombia Free Trade Agreement!

Tony Dunn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:15:58 -0400

Learn more about this latest effort to destroy our jobs!

Truckers Protest, the Resistance Begins

Tony Dunn — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:30:48 -0400

Economy Worsens - Everything moves by Truck!

Victory!

Tony Dunn — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:48:06 -0500

res2008930276Jin workers earn back wages

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