“We know that nurses and health-care workers are essential workers. But despite that rhetoric, they are not treated by management with respect, dignity, workplace safety, and adequate wages that essential workers deserve," said Ian Rhodewalt, a field organizer for the Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation.
WESTFIELD Nurses from Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield were accompanied by Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) representatives as they delivered a petition this week to the workplace of Baystate Health’s trustee chair to demand.
GREENFIELD With contract negotiations underway, registered nurses at Baystate Franklin Medical Center are asking Baystate Health for better wages and safer working conditions.“We’ve been sounding the alarm for years,” said Donna Stern, a registered.