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Maine State Nurses Association campaign for safe staffing ratios

Maine nurses are standing up for nurse and patient safety by supporting L.D. 1639, “The Maine Quality Care Act”. Our union strongly supports this bill, sponsored by state Senator Stacy Brenner, RN.

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Northern Light EMMC nurses announce strike for safe patient care and RN retention

Registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine yesterday delivered a 10-day notice to their employer announcing a one-day strike on Monday, March 23. The RNs are protesting management’s refusal to address their concerns about safe staffing and nurse retention.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

March 13, 2026

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Northern Maine Medical Center nurses to hold press event with Troy Jackson, Graham Platner, and Mattie Daughtry at Can-Am Sled Dog Race

Nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, Maine, will hold a press event on Saturday, Feb. 28 with gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson, U.S. senatorial candidate Graham Platner, and Maine State Senate President Mattie Daughtry, who will speak out in support of nurses seeking to secure a strong first contract that puts patient safety before profits.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

February 27, 2026

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Nurses condemn chaotic, unlawful ICE invasion of Maine

Maine nurses represented by MSNA/NNOC are speaking up and speaking out against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detaining, intimidating, and terrorizing members of their community since its operation began in Maine on Tuesday.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 22, 2026

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EMMC nurses and community members protest Northern Light’s management

Registered nurses at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center held a rally outside the hospital today to highlight their contract demands. The nurses picketed and chanted until sunset and then held a candlelight vigil. Many friends and community members joined the nurses in solidarity for better conditions for patients and nurses at EMMC.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 16, 2026

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Maine Medical Center nurses overwhelmingly ratify three-year union contract

After nearly four months of bargaining, nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland voted last night to ratify a new union contract that provides many new safety measures for patients and nurses, among other improvements.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 8, 2026

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Houlton nurses strike for safe staffing

Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, Maine, held a two-day strike on Nov. 18 and 19 to protest management’s refusal to address their deep concerns about staffing and patient care.

January 13, 2026

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Knowledge is Power

Rounding is an opportunity to talk to people face-to-face in their unit, distribute information, and organize. Members of the Professional Practice Committee (PPC) often round on the same day as their monthly meeting.

November 3, 2025

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RNs protest obstetrics closures

Vital obstetrics services are in crisis in Maine. On March 27, Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, a town about an hour southeast of Bangor, announced that it would be closing its obstetrics (OB) department on July 1. A week later, Houlton Regional Hospital in Houlton, announced that it would be shutting down its Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum (LDRP) unit on May 2.

July 9, 2025

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Maine nurses vindicated

The Maine Department of Labor issued a citation in late February to Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) for regulatory violations, including misclassifying nurses as subcontractors, failing to pay nurses overtime, failing to pay nurses their wages in a timely manner, and requiring nurses to sign contracts that exempted NMMC from Maine’s labor laws.

April 11, 2025

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Maine nurses press on for ratios bill

Maine nurses recently moved safe staffing legislation the farthest a state bill has progressed in the past 20 years. Pine Tree State RNs applauded the Maine Senate for passing L.D. 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act on March 27 but unfortunately did not make it to a vote in the House before the legislative session ended on April 17. Nurses vow to keep fighting for ratios.

June 5, 2024