Lansing, MI – Today, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) announced the launch of a PPE enforcement program that will provide all Michigan healthcare workers with some of the strongest protections in the country.

This launch comes after months of advocacy by the Michigan Nurses Association, including filing MIOSHA charges against Michigan Medicine and Mercy Health Partners – Hackley Hospital after nurses were denied an N-95 respirator or equivalent despite working in situations where they could be directly exposed to COVID-19. … Continue reading →

Statement from Jamie Brown, RN, a critical care nurse who is president of the Michigan Nurses Association

Racism is an urgent, pervasive public health crisis in our country.  It is a longstanding illness that comes from a deep-rooted hate exhibited by our country’s failing systems. … Continue reading →

Marquette, MI – The Michigan Nurses Association on Monday filed three charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that UPHS-Marquette has violated federal labor law through its lack of transparency.

UPHS-Marquette has refused to provide a complete inventory of PPE – gloves and masks — to nurses despite repeated requests. … Continue reading →

Nurses are Calling for Improved COVID-19 Protections, Transparency, and Long-Term Solutions 

Mt. Pleasant, MI – Nurses at McLaren Central Michigan Hospital will be holding a socially distant informational picket today. Nurses are advocating for the hospital to provide improved COVID-19 protections and more transparency in the short term, as well as to agree to a fair contract that will allow the hospital to recruit and retain quality RNs in the long term. … Continue reading →

Coalition alleges Michigan-based health system violated federal labor law  

Detroit, MI – A coalition of 10 Michigan unions has jointly condemned McLaren’s lack of transparency about finances and PPE, many filing a charge that the health system has violated federal labor law by withholding information from frontline workers. … Continue reading →

MNA files amicus brief in GOP legislative suit against Whitmer

The Michigan Nurses Association has joined in support of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s ability to invoke emergency powers by filing an amicus brief in the lawsuit against her by legislative Republicans, saying the governor’s actions provide protection for nurses and other healthcare professionals. … Continue reading →

Union Leader Had Publicly Warned of COVID-19 Safety Issues at Hospital

Muskegon, MI – A local nurse filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that he was fired from Hackley Hospital in retaliation for publicly raising concerns about the safety of frontline health care workers and patients – a violation of the Michigan Whistleblower Protection Act and the Michigan Public Health Code. … Continue reading →

At least $8.4 million could go to support front line healthcare workers and acquiring PPE

Lansing, MI – A coalition of unions including OPEIU Local 459, Teamsters Local 332, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, OPEIU Local 40, UNITE HERE! Local 688, and the Michigan Nurses Association put out a call today for McLaren Health Care Corporation executives to reduce their own salaries so that no person makes more than a million dollars this year. … Continue reading →

Union Leader Warned of COVID-19 Safety Issues, Called for Increased Worker Protections

Muskegon, MI – Shortly after doing multiple media interviews raising concerns about the hospital’s preparedness and the safety of RNs and health care professionals, local nurses’ union president Justin Howe, RN, was terminated from his position as a nurse at Mercy Health Partners’ Hackley Hospital. … Continue reading →

From Tina Ray, RN, president of the Professional Employee Council of Sparrow Hospital/Michigan Nurses Association

“While everyone has a right to gather and express their opinions, today’s protest sends exactly the opposite message that nurses and healthcare professionals are trying to get across: we are begging people, please stay home. … Continue reading →