Affinity Medical Center nurses Ann Wayt and Bethany Calloway

On Wednesday, Federal Judge John Adams ordered Affinity Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio to immediately reinstate nurse and union supporter Ann Wayt and to recognize the Ohio National Nurses Organizing Committee as the elected representative of the hospital’s nurses.

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Baystate Franklin Medical Center October 2012 nurse strike

After more than two years and 42 negotiation sessions, 200 nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Massachusetts have been unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.  On Wednesday, the hospital declared that negotiations in its 28-month labor dispute were at an impasse and that it planned to implement its contract proposal without agreement from the nurses.  The Massachusetts Nurses Association, which represents 200 nurses at the facility, characterized the declaration as an outrage and illegal and announced it planned to file additional complaints with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).   A similar 2012 attempt by Baystate Health to declare an impasse in a labor dispute at another Massachusetts facility resulted in the NLRB forcing it to rescind the declaration and continue negotiations.
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Pennsylvania State Nurses Association CEO Betsy M. Snook (August 2013)

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, which represents over 212,000 nurses in the state, announced its support of proposed legislation legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania.   Continue reading →

Wayne Gretzky once said “skate where the puck is going, not where it’s been” and, in the fast-evolving world of technology, this is sound advice that we have taken to heart as we launched the new NursingJobs.us job board. The new site uses a more modern interface that supports the mobiles and tablets that our Continue Reading

We have overhauled our site to make it easier to use, not to mention to look a lot better, come check it out at NursingJobs.us! But we aren’t anywhere near done yet! We know that listening to you, our users, is how we can stay on top, and we are going to do all we Continue Reading