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MILFORD – Nurses at Milford Regional Medical Center took the first official steps toward unionizing early Monday afternoon. “A lot of the issues are communication,” ICU nurse Mike Brown said. “We should all have a voice in how we are going to defeat this virus.” A group of registered nurses filed with the National Labor Relations Board Monday in order to hold an election to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Of the 550 nurses at the hospital, about 70% have already signed onto the idea of a union, according to Massachusetts Nurses Association spokesman Joe Markman. A hospital spokesperson declined to comment Monday, saying the hospital’s focus is on staff and patient safety during the pandemic. ....
City closer to sale of Holyoke Geriatric Authority property The Holyoke Geriatric Authority, pictured here in September 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Modified: 12/10/2020 4:09:45 PM HOLYOKE The City Council is set to consider a new bid from Baystate Health and its partner Kindred Healthcare to purchase the former Holyoke Geriatric Authority property to construct a new behavioral health hospital. At Tuesday’s meeting of the City Council’s Development And Government Relations Committee, the city’s director of planning and economic development, Marcos Marrero, presented the Baystate-Kindred offer to purchase the property at 45 Lower Westfield Rd. for $250,000. The four members of the committee voted unanimously to recommend approving that agreement, which will now go before the full council. ....