March 21, 2008 |
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NLA ACTIONS
TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE PLANNED
ILO RULES "SUPERVISOR" DEFINITION VIOLATES STANDARDS
ALPENA RNS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, LOSS OF BENEFITS
HACKLEY, MNA SETTLE ON MISSING MATERIALS
ALLEGAN RNS GAIN NEW STAFFING LANGUAGE
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NLA ACTIONS
MNA was well represented at the recent National Labor Assembly by: John Armelagos, Jeff Breslin, Diane Goddeeris, Katie Oppenheim, Becky Baldwin, Carol Kirtland, Stephanie Minerath, Gail Jehl, Terri Peaphon, Renee Curtis, Lori Mousseau, Tom Bissonnette and John Karebian. For an overview of actions taken by the NLA, click here. Congratulations to MNA Board of Directors member Bette O'Connor-Rogers, who was elected to the Hearing Panel.
TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE PLANNED
The Council for Excellence in Government, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC. is hosting a Health Care Town Hall in Detroit on March 26. This is an excellent opportunity to share your concerns about health care with top leaders. For more information, click here.
ILO RULES "SUPERVISOR" DEFINITION VIOLATES STANDARDS
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO’s) Committee on Freedom of Association ruled this week that the NLRB’s definitions of “supervisor” in the Oakwood cases violates freedom of association standards by excluding staff that only occasionally perform supervisory duties from protection of the National Labor Relations Act. The United States is bound to follow international core labor standards as a member of the ILO. For more on this ruling, courtesy of the AFL-CIO, click here.
ALPENA RNS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY, LOSS OF BENEFITS
The RNs of Alpena Regional Medical Center (ARMC) are currently working without a contract and are facing a variety of concerns in their negotiations. For more on this developing story, click here.
HACKLEY, MNA SETTLE ON MISSING MATERIALS
Hackley Hospital and MNA have come to an agreement on missing materials regarding the proposed merger between Hackley and Mercy General under Trinity Health. For more details, click here.
ALLEGAN RNS GAIN NEW STAFFING LANGUAGE
The registered nurses at Allegan General Hospital have ratified a three year contract which includes new staffing language. Find out more about their new staffing matrix here!
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