Roseburg Rally May 4 Mercy Nurses & WIB

SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 04.05.2007 09:12

Solidarity to support Roseburg's Mercy Nurses and Women In Black Friday May 4th, 2007

CONTRACT NOW! RALLY
11 AM to 1:30 PM
Roseburg Labor Temple
742 SE Roberts
Roseburg

WOMEN IN BLACK
12:30 - 1:00 PM
BLM building across from Garden Valley Mall on Garden Valley Boulevard.

SOLIDARITY CAR POOLS FROM THE ROGUE VALLEY FRIDAY MORNING
8:30 a.m. Leave Evos in Ashland, 9:00 a.m. Leave Fred Meyers North Medford

Rally Flyer can be downloaded - it is a PDF file -

Support our Mercy Nurses!

Support Women In Black!

Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice (SOJwJ) rallies behind Mercy Hospital Nurses in Roseburg, Oregon on Friday. SOJwJ calls on our member organizations, our individual pledge card signers and the public to join in this solidarity action with the Nurses of Mercy Medical Center

CONTRACT NOW! RALLY
Friday, May 4th, 2007
11 AM to 1:30 PM
Roseburg Labor Temple
742 SE Roberts
Roseburg

ONA is the Oregon Nurses Association, the Voice of Oregon Nurses since 1904
 http://www.oregonrn.org

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A second solidarity event will also be taking place in Roseburg on May 4. Peace activists will be joining the weekly Women in Black who meet every Friday from 12:30 - 1:00 at the BLM building across from Garden Valley Mall on Garden Valley Boulevard. Plans are to join the carpool from Ashland & Medford, to go to the Mercy Nurses Rally and then to join the WIB gathering. The inside word is that "Their little group of about twenty women (WIB in Roseburg) are being harassed each and every week by a group of war mongers who come to taunt them. After the WIB solidarity event folks can come back to the Mercy Nurses gathering and participate in its conclusion.

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MERCY NURSES LETTER OF EXPLANATION details the issues

RNS WANT NO MORE DELAYS FOR OUR COMMMUNITY!

The Nurses of Mercy Medical Center are committed to building a workplace where our highest priorities are:

· Providing safe and quality patient care;

· Ensuring staffing levels are sufficient to provide that care; and

· Guaranteeing fairness for all staff

Over two years ago we began to express our concerns, share our ideas and participate on committees to better the workplace, all to no avail. We concluded that in order for Mercy Medical Center to observe these priorities and provide our commmunity with the hospital it deserves, Mercy medical Center administration needed to listen to the voice of the Nurses.

Last year, we identified these vital priorities to management. Despite intimidation, threats, and fear of retaliation, we spoke with our collective voices and on January 11, 2006, we voted to be represented by ONA. Under our own RN strong leadership, we are ONA.

Since then, over one year has passed. During that time, we have been negotiating with Mercy Medical Center administration. While we appreciate the change in leadership and the resulting positive impact, we believe that the negotiation process has been held up long enough. There are nine outstanding articles left to negotiate, relating to issues that are crucial to a fair contract for RNs.

Nurses united together can create the highest standards of healthcare at Mercy Medical Center for our community. This has always been our goal and remains the reason why we organized. Please support us in this struggle. E-mail MMC’s CEO, Kelly Morgan at  kellymorgan@chiwest.com. Send the message that a fair contract for RNs, without further delay, is critical to a safe hospital for our community.

~Mercy Medical Center RNs

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