FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: John Nemo, 651-414-2863 (office)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (October 17, 2011) – Hundreds of Minnesota Nurses will be taking to the streets of downtown St. Paul during Tuesday’s rush hour to publicly call for a Wall Street Transaction Tax.
Beginning at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association will march along St. Paul’s Wabasha Street, carrying banker-themed Halloween masks and handing out “trick or treat” packages to passersby highlighting MNA’s support for “The Main Street Contract for America.” The nurses’ journey will begin at the Crowne Plaza Hotel – where MNA is currently holding its annual Convention – and end with a rally outside the Wells Fargo Building on Wabasha Street. The action will be streamed live online at www.NurseTV.org.
The “Main Street Contract” was created by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of professional RNs, and calls for the implementation of a Financial Transaction Tax on the types of risky Wall Street transactions that led to the 2008 financial meltdown. More information can be found online at www.MainStreetContract.org.
Founded in 1905, the Minnesota Nurses Association represents more than 20,000 nurses in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. MNA is also a founding member of National Nurses United, which represents more than 170,000 RNs across the United States.