From the Western Mass. Jobs With Justice listserv:
NO LAYOFFS! NO TAKEAWAYS! INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL
4-6pm, 30 Locust Street (Rte 9), Northampton. Nurses at Cooley Dickinson hospital–proud members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, a state-wide union of direct-care nurses–are refusing to concede to the Hospital’s request that they throw out their hard-earned contract and accept unnecessary mid-contract wage and benefit concessions. Cooley Dickinson administrators are claiming financial hardship when, in fact, the hospital is ending the fiscal quarter with a record $9 million surplus. Labor and community allies are urged to join with the Cooley Dickinson nurses on this informational picket line. Info: Leo Maley, 781-520-1483, LMaley@mnarn.org.
A couple of years ago Cooley Dickinson Hospital opened a new multi-million dollar wing. Business West reported June 12, 2006 on the estimated $50 million expansion in part:
That 116,000-square-foot initiative will include several new facilities, including the Kittredge Surgery Center, which will be the heart of the expansion. Other components include a new central sterile laboratory, additional private patient rooms, a central, sterile supply department, and a new parking garage.
The Caring for the Future Campaign was launched in late 2004 with the goal of raising more than $6 million for the expansion project, with the balance coming through borrowing and funds set aside for the initiative. Response has been so great, the campaign’s goal has been raised to $8.5 million, said Melin, adding that the Kittredges’ gift moves the current total past $6.5 million and provides some additional momentum for the task of raising the balance.
The donation from the Kittredges is the largest for the current capital campaign and one of the largest the hospital has ever received. Other major gifts include $705,500 from CDH physicians, $500,000 from the hospital’s auxiliary, $442,650 from hospital employees, $400,000 each from Florence Savings Bank and Easthampton Savings Bank.
See Cooley Dickinson Hospital's 2007-Form 990 available at Guide Star PDF 1020KB. This form provides some information on the hospital's income and expenses, bonds and other debts, the salaries of its top earners at that time and its Board of Trustees. There are 990 PDFs available for 2005 & 2006 as well. Returns prior to these years are available with a paid subscription to Guide Star. Guide Star is a great resource to learn more about Non-profits in your area and how they function.
