Montana Nurses Association

Health care workers across Montana regularly experience violence and threats. That’s according to state data. However, the collection of that data may stop after lawmakers tabled a bill to continue that work.

The Montana Nurses Association and Community Medical Center in Missoula announced Friday they agreed to a new union contract. Montana Tech has been awarded $6.5 million from the Department of Defense to fund workforce development in the mining industry.

Registered nurses at St. Peter’s health clinics in Helena voted to join a union Tuesday.

St. Peter’s Health in Helena has terminated its contract with a third-party union consultant after a document containing sensitive personal information about nurses involved in an organizing effort was leaked.

The Montana Nursing Association is speaking out against proposed changes to state rules that would eliminate required continuing education courses for nurses.

A bill introduced in the Montana Legislature would allow employees for health care facilities and insurance companies to abstain from participating in cases they morally object to. Opponents worry it will lead to discrimination.

A trial is underway in federal court in Missoula to decide whether a law banning vaccination status discrimination can apply to health care providers.

Nurses at Barrett Hospital and HealthCare voted 18 to 8 in favor of forming a union. The state nurses association says the move is part of a growing trend of organized health care labor.

Montana has joined a lawsuit with nine other states suing the U.S. government over President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contract workers. Meanwhile, the Montana Nurses Association has filed to join a lawsuit against a state law that bans most employers from requiring vaccinations.

The Montana Nurses Association is accusing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration of pushing “junk science” through a recent emergency administrative rule about masking in schools.