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If there is a settlement, the Thursday rally will be a celebration; if not it will be a support rally for the nurses who will be on strike.
Schedule for Week
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Tuesday, August 31
Negotiations resume in North Adams (the nurses are committed to staying late and meeting again on Wednesday if there is progress toward a just solution).
Thursday, September 2, 5 p.m.
Support Rally (or victory celebration) at St. Elizabeth's of Hungary Parish Hall corner of Holden Street and St. Anthony's Drive in North Adams
Friday, September 3, 6 a.m.
Picketing begins as nurses leave hospital to join the line.
Directions: http://www.nbhealth.org/NARH/30/Directions.html
For the latest information check the MNA website at http://www.massnurses.org/news-and-events/archive/2010/narh-strike .
-- Remove a series of proposals that will eliminate the right of nurses to a set schedule with guaranteed hours and a stable income. -- Remove the nurses' current right to refuse mandatory overtime when they are too ill or tired to provide safe care. -- Remove a provision ensuring that nurses have safe patient assignments.
SOURCE Massachusetts Nurses Association
