Tenet Healthcare refuses to shift on staffing ratios at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts
May 6 marked the 60th day on strike for the nurses of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts. They have been on strike since March 8, fighting for better patient outcomes and a safer workplace, particularly in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
The central demands of nurses are that patient assignments on all medical-surgical units be capped at four patients to every one nurse and that two additional nurse units be maintained to respond to overflow and critical cases.
Nurses on the picket line at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts (Credit: MNA Facebook)
May 6, 2021 Massachusetts Senators Ed Markey and Liz Warren and Congressman Jim McGovern are re-introducing legislation that could impact the future of passenger rail service in Western and Central Massachusetts.
Labeled the Brain Train Act, the legislation would authorize the U.S. Department of Transportation to award 25-billion dollars over five years for high-performance rail projects.
The DOT would be instructed to especially consider regions that are unconnected or under-connected.
Meantime, Springfield Congressman Richard Neal and Hartford Congressman John Larson are expected to make similar calls for the East West Rail project later today.
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‘The best of Worcester’: City comes together to extend expiring program that delivered 73 tons of food to help the community
Updated May 05, 2021;
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Volunteers wheeled dozens of boxes filled with food around the side entrance of the Belmont AME Zion Church in Worcester.
In the basement of the church, not far from a small mountain of boxes, Rev. Clyde Talley praised the efforts by the community to continue the Farmers To Family program despite federal funding ending by the later this month.
“This is Worcester,” said Talley, who is also the president and CEO of Yes We Care. “This is the best of Worcester.”
President Joe Biden delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress last night, to a mostly empty chamber, in which he laid out an ambitious, $1.8 trillion plan for American children and families.
To learn more, WBUR s Deborah Becker spoke with Congressman Jim McGovern, chair of the House Rules Committee.
This segment aired on April 29, 2021.