Strong Majority of Springfield City Council Sign Letter Supporting MNA Baystate Home Health Nurses Effort to Secure a Fair Contract to Improve Conditions for Nurses, Patients and Community
Baystate Health insists on cutting nurse sick time and making other contract proposals that would diminish the quality of working conditions and the ability of nurses to provide the best possible care to home care patients
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Nine out of 12 current Springfield City Council members have signed a letter addressed to Baystate Health CEO Dr. Mark Keroack urging him to reach an agreement with Baystate Home Health nurses that values their dedication and allows them to provide safe patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
Citing high turnover, safety concerns, Safe Passage workers criticize Northampton shelter amid labor contract talks
Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Safe Passage in Northampton, located at 76 Carlon Drive, is set up to provide shelter and other resources to domestic violence survivors. (The Republican)Staff-Shot
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Some employees at Safe Passage in Northampton are claiming the domestic violence support center’s outward image isn’t lining up with how management is treating its staff internally.
Pointing to recent turnover among high-level staff as well as issues surrounding workplace safety, members of Safe Passage’s union say their demands regarding discipline and health policies are much needed but not being met by management.
MLS players present proposal in hopes of avoiding lockout
The Major League Soccer Players Association has proposed extending the current collective bargaining agreement with the league through the 2026 season.
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The Major League Soccer Players Association has proposed extending the current collective bargaining agreement with the league through the 2026 season.
The proposal came Thursday as the league and the union faced a midnight deadline after MLS invoked a force majeure clause to reopen negotiations over the CBA, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic.
With its proposal, the union said it hoped to avoid a lockout. The MLS regular season is set to open April 3 with preseason training camps allowed to start on Feb. 22.
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Daniel Fisher Campbell, 92, of Saline, Michigan, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on January 5, 2021.
Following a challenging journey through the phases of dementia, he is now able to claim forever that, as he would say, “Today is a beautiful day!”
Dan is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Jean (Fox) Campbell; two sisters, Garnet Seyfried, and Adelle Renton. Dan is survived by his five children, Andrew (June) Campbell, Elizabeth (Dell) Nickell, Peter (Luann) Campbell, Laurie (Jorge) Campbell-Nunez, and Christopher (Patty) Campbell; eleven grandchildren, Angela (Scott) Diuble, Daniel (Jamie) Campbell, Jason (Audra) Campbell, Aaron (Katie) Campbell, Nathan (Grace) Raymond, Peter (Bethany) Campbell, Tiffany (Kevin) Koger, John Campbell, Dacey Campbell, Brienna Campbell and Isabel Nunez; nineteen great grandchildren and one more on the way. Dan is also survived by two sisters, Elizabeth Katz and Judy Elwartowski; one brother-in-law, George Renton, and many