Maine State Nurses Association

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Maine State Nurses Association campaign for safe staffing ratios

Maine nurses are standing up for nurse and patient safety by supporting L.D. 1639, “The Maine Quality Care Act”. Our union strongly supports this bill, sponsored by state Senator Stacy Brenner, RN.

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Portland nurses to protest proposed cuts to MaineCare and CubCare at Senator Collins’ district office

On March 20, Maine Medical Center nurses will gather at the district office of U.S. Senator Susan Collins in Portland, Maine, to protest proposed cuts to Medicaid that would deteriorate health care services in the region.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

March 18, 2025

Maine nurses win back thousands of dollars, following state DOL citation against Northern Maine Medical Center

The Maine Department of Labor has issued a citation to Northern Maine Medical Center for regulatory violations, including misclassifying nurses as subcontractors, failing to pay nurses overtime, failing to pay nurses their wages in a timely manner, and requiring nurses to sign contracts that exempted NMMC from Maine’s labor laws.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

February 27, 2025

NMMC nurses picket, announce federal charges against their employer

Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, picketed outside their hospital today, calling on management to bargain in good faith. The nurses, who are represented by Maine State Nurses Association, also announced that they are filing an unfair labor practice charge against their employer.

Maine State Nurses Association

October 23, 2024

NMMC RNs speak out against abrupt closure of child psychiatric unit

Registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine are demanding greater transparency from management after its abrupt closure of the Child Adolescent Psychiatric Unit.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

October 9, 2024

Machias nurses and technicians deliver petition of no confidence in chief executives

Registered nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital in Machias, Maine, delivered a petition of “no confidence” in the hospital’s chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and chief nursing officer (CNO) to the Chair of the DECH Board of Trustees on June 16 to demand changes to protect and improve patient care.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

June 20, 2024

Maine nurses press on for ratios bill

Maine nurses recently moved safe staffing legislation the farthest a state bill has progressed in the past 20 years. Pine Tree State RNs applauded the Maine Senate for passing L.D. 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act on March 27 but unfortunately did not make it to a vote in the House before the legislative session ended on April 17. Nurses vow to keep fighting for ratios.

June 5, 2024

Machias nurses and techs hold historic first strike

Registered nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital in Machias, Maine, held a two-day strike on April 30 and May 1 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ and techs’ concerns about recruitment, retention, and safe staffing.

June 5, 2024

Fort Kent nurses unionize

In January, registered nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, voted overwhelmingly, 62 percent in favor, to join Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee.

March 29, 2024

Maine’s safe staffing bill moves forward

Registered nurse members of the Maine State Nurses Association held a rally on May 4 in Augusta, Me., and testified at a hearing before the state Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee in support of the Maine Quality Care Act, a bill that would create legally enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios.

July 21, 2023

Maine Medical Center RNs successfully fight termination of leave benefits

MMC nurses in February successfully won back paid leave benefits after a two-month campaign after the hospital’s announcement that it terminated nurses’ paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, and military service.

March 3, 2023

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