Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United (MSNA/NNU) applaud the Maine Legislative Council's vote last week to consider LR 2713, “An Act to Protect Rural Maine Healthcare," in the legislature’s upcoming Emergency Session in January.

Over 200 registered nurses at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. have reached a tentative contract agreement, which will ensure the recruitment and retention of the most experienced nurses.

Voicing concerns about patient and economic protections, medical laboratory technicians, CT/radiology technologists, respiratory therapists and licensed practical nurses at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth voted to join Maine State Nurses Association.

Registered nurses voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a new contract at Yuba County and the surrounding region's only acute care hospital, Rideout Regional Medical Center in Marysville.

The new pact covers 530 registered nurses affiliated with California Nurses Association (CNA). RNs say the contract includes significant improvements and workplace protections all factors that will enhance the hospitals ability to retain and recruit staff, which in turn, provide experienced and skilled care for community residents in a stable environment.

On Thursday, November 30, Representative Stanley will present LR 2713, “An Act to Protect Rural Maine Healthcare,” to the Legislative Council for consideration in the legislature’s upcoming Emergency Session.

Registered nurses and local community organizations will converge on Senator Dean Heller (R-NV)’s Las Vegas office Thursday, November 30, to demand a “No” vote on the Republican effort to rewrite the tax code.

With conditions in Puerto Rico continuing to be at crisis levels more than two months after Hurricane Maria caused cataclysmic devastation on the island, National Nurses United enthusiastically welcomed the introduction of a bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders to drastically step up the critical relief effort.