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Northern Berkshire Healthcare
07/19/2010 - 10:34pm
iBerkshires.com
A vote to authorize Massachusetts Nurses Association leadership to call 106 nurses out on strike, if necessary, was approved.
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07/08/2010 - 12:00am
Bershire Eagle
"We have been meeting for months, and the one constant has been the hospital sticking to the large amounts of takeaways they put on the table at the beginning," said Ruth O'Hearn. O'Hearn is a registered nurse and the local MNA chairwoman. "Our members have been clear that they could not work under these proposals. They are also united about the terrible effect these takeaways will have on the quality of patient care they are able to deliver."
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06/29/2010 - 12:21am
Berkshire Eagle
The hospital accuses the union of not bargaining in good faith. "The last time we met with the hospital, the first statement from their negotiator was that they did not have a complete proposal," says registered nurse Robin O’Hearn. "They wanted to put their proposal out there piecemeal. They did not bring a complete counterproposal. There was nothing for us to respond to."
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06/02/2010 - 12:02pm
Berkshire Eagle
The Massachusetts Nurses Association says comments made by Northern Berkshire Healthcare CEO Richard Palmisano left several nurses feeling "emotionally and physically harassed and intimidated."
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05/18/2010 - 12:05am
Berkshire Eagle
The hospital claims the MNA unlawfully retaliated against the hospital by taking two grievances to arbitration two days after a collective bargaining session. "Was it unexpected? Yes. Shocking? No." says nurse Mary McConnell. "The hospital filed an unfair labor practice charge against us in March -- which was dismissed by the [National Labor Relations Board]."
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04/14/2010 - 12:20am
Berkshire Eagle
The company was ordered to reinstate a worker it fired for supporting 1199SEIU at the Sweet Brook nursing home, with full back pay and equivalent benefits.
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01/12/2010 - 9:06pm
iBerkshires.com
Northern Berkshire Healthcare has announced another round of layoffs less than a month after settling a contentious contract with SEIU Local 1199.
57211
12/16/2009 - 12:02am
Berkshire Eagle
here’s little holiday cheer for 101 employees at Esterline Haskon Aerospace.
Over six months of hostilities between the local chapter of SEIU 1199 and North Adams Regional Hospital executives came to a close Tuesday night as union members ratified a two-year contract.
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12/11/2009 - 9:03am
Berkshire Eagle
Picket lines won't be forming outside of North Adams Regional Hospital on Saturday.
The Service Employees International Union 1199, which represents 174 health care workers at the hospital, called off Saturday's strike after reaching a "mutually satisfactory" contract with hospital executives at 9 p.m. Thursday, after 11 hours of negotiations.
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12/11/2009 - 7:07am
GSMLC
"The 1199SEIU negotiating committee is pleased to announce we reached a mutually satisfactory agreement this evening at 9:00 P.M. The agreement meets the union's core concerns around guaranteed hours of work and meets the hospitals core concerns around operational flexibility and fiscal needs. The negotiating committee has unanimously recommended the agreement to the general membership."
47955
12/10/2009 - 12:37pm
GSMLC
I have been a respiratory therapist at NARH for the past 31 years and member of SEIU. Last week our union voted to strike. I realized, if there is no resolution, that I may be unemployed.
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12/07/2009 - 6:23pm
iBerkshires.com
On the heels of Northern Berkshire Healthcare's full-page ad last week soliciting community support in contract negotiations, health-care workers are launching their own campaign to inform the public of their side.
46731
12/05/2009 - 2:46am
Berkshire Eagle
The unionized health care workers at North Adams Regional Hospital plan to file unfair labor practice charges following a break-down in talks between the two sides on Thursday night.
46191
12/03/2009 - 10:51pm
iBerkshires.com
The bargaining table between Northern Berkshire Healthcare and 1199SEIU seems to far to reach across, even as the countdown to a strike continues.
45655
12/02/2009 - 12:05am
Berkshire Eagle
North Adams Regional Hospital will use a national firm to replace some 174 unionized health care workers if a planned strike goes into effect on Saturday, Dec. 12.
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12/01/2009 - 9:52am
Berkshire Eagle
Unionized health care workers at North Adams Regional Hospital voted to authorize a strike in 10 days unless a contract is reached beforehand.
Service Employees International Union 1199 will present their notice to hospital executives this morning when contract negotiations resume.
45067
11/30/2009 - 9:54pm
iBerkshires.com
Local members of 1199SEIU voted overwhelmingly on Monday night to authorize a strike, upping the ante in a game of contract chicken with Northern Berkshire Healthcare.
44967
11/30/2009 - 1:05am
iBerkshires.com
In a lengthy letter released to the local newspapers and acquired by iBerkshires.com late Sunday evening, Northern Berkshire Healthcare trustees outlined the health-care systems ailing financial condition.
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