Sault Ste. Marie, MI – MNA nurses at MyMichigan Medical Center Sault will be rallying at an informational picket outside of the hospital on Tuesday, March 12 from 4:30pm-6:30pm. Nurses are in negotiations for their first contract with the health system since the hospital was purchased. … Continue reading →

Kalamazoo, MI – Michigan Nurses Association RNs are raising the alarm about Ascension’s decision to no longer use a specialty facility to care for patients who are experiencing a mental health crisis when going to the emergency room at Borgess. … Continue reading →

Allegan, MI – MNA nurses at an Ascension Hospital in Allegan are set to receive an average raise of 26% over the next three years. Some nurses will be receiving raises above 30%. In addition to the raises, RNs were able to win fairer scheduling practices that will improve work life balance. … Continue reading →

Adrian, MI – MNA nurses overwhelmingly voted to ratify their tentative agreement for a new contract. Ratification meetings were held throughout the day and into the evening yesterday. Ballots were counted after the last meeting concluded.

“This is union democracy in action,” said Tracy Webb, a critical care nurse and president of the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) local at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian. … Continue reading →

After nurses held a “practice strike” outside the Adrian hospital on Tuesday, ProMedica executives dropped their demands for two-tier retirement and improved nurses’ wages

Adrian, MI – MNA Nurses reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with ProMedica executives late in the evening yesterday. … Continue reading →

10-day notice would be provided before any strike date is set

Adrian, MI – Nurses at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital have announced the results of their strike authorization vote today as bargaining for a new contract resumed. … Continue reading →

As nurses, our patients trust us to help and heal them when they sustain harm due to the conditions in their everyday lives. To honor that sacred trust, it is our duty to speak up for every human being’s right to a life free from violence and the traumas of war. … Continue reading →

Lansing, MI – Nurses today testified before the House Health Policy Committee in favor of a bipartisan legislative plan to set safe limits on the number of patients nurses can be assigned, curb excessive mandatory nurse overtime, and require hospitals to disclose their RN staffing levels. … Continue reading →

Lansing, MI – In response to the Michigan House Health Policy Committee announcing a hearing to be held Thursday on the Safe Patient Care Act, Jamie Brown, RN, a critical care nurse and president of the Michigan Nurses Association, put out the following statement:

“For years, frontline nurses have been sounding the alarm about the decisions that hospital executives have been making in our hospitals. … Continue reading →

Aurora Medical Center – Bay Area nurses and healthcare professionals reach tentative agreement for new contract

Marinette, WI – Nurses and healthcare professionals reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Aurora executives late in the evening last night. … Continue reading →