Montana Annual Book of Reports 2017
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<strong>2017</strong> <strong>Montana</strong> Nurses Association<br />
District 4 Officers include:<br />
President: Paul Lee CCRN<br />
Vice President: Emily Michalski-Weber BSN, RN-BC<br />
Secretary: Krystal Frydenlund RN<br />
Treasurer: Brittany Lee RNC<br />
District 4 Report<br />
Paul Lee, CCRN President<br />
District 4 includes Lewis & Clark County, Jefferson County, Broadwater County<br />
and Meagher County. We elected new <strong>of</strong>ficers and will explore ways to engage<br />
our District 4 members. At our June District meeting we moved to sponsor<br />
an MNA convention delegate from one <strong>of</strong> our smaller districts to encourage<br />
participation at the MNA annual convention. District 4 will pick up their<br />
registration, gas (not mileage) and room expense for one delegate in need, to<br />
be able to attend all three days <strong>of</strong> convention.<br />
District 5 Report<br />
Rachel Huleatt, BSN, RN President<br />
District 5 consists <strong>of</strong> three MNA bargaining units, Non-Collective bargaining<br />
members and MEA-MFT shared members. The collective bargaining members<br />
include Local #2 (Billings Clinic) and MSU College <strong>of</strong> Nursing both located in<br />
Billings. Rosebud Healthcare (local #38) is located in Forsyth and Holy Rosary<br />
Healthcare (local #44) is in Miles City.<br />
This past year, Local #44 nurses at Holy Rosary Healthcare teamed up with<br />
their Nurse Council and created nurse appreciation baskets for all nursing areas and nurse management<br />
areas for Nurses Day. Their collective bargaining agreement expired on June 30, <strong>2017</strong> and as <strong>of</strong> July, MNA<br />
and the nurses are in the process <strong>of</strong> bargaining a successor agreement.<br />
At Billings Clinic, Local #2 ratified a new three-year contract in May following an extended series <strong>of</strong><br />
bargaining sessions. The contract provided for a new wage system based in steps and a lot <strong>of</strong> new contract<br />
language. The nurses were pleased and the ratification vote was held during Nurses Week. Snacks, treats<br />
and MNA goodies were provided to the nurses when they came to vote.<br />
There are no new updates from the MEA-MFT shared members at <strong>Montana</strong> State University.<br />
Local #38, Rosebud Health Care Center will be starting negotiations in September. Other than that, no<br />
new updates from Forsyth.<br />
Last year, a group <strong>of</strong> nurses from Local #2 created a charity entitled Billings Nurses: Helping Our Teens<br />
Succeed and <strong>2017</strong> has been a busy year for fundraising. The charity helps homeless and needy teens<br />
through donations for food pantries, clothing, etc. Tumbleweed is an organization which helps homeless<br />
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