By Laura Sayles
MNA Government Affairs Specialist
This year the legislative session starts much later than usual, even for the second year of the biennium.
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders stopped by a reception to speak to Registered Nurse Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association.
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(St. Paul) – February 12, 2016 – Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders told Minnesota Nurses Association members the healthcare system doesn’t allow them to do their job.
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By Rose Roach, MNA Executive Director
I was honored to serve on Governor Dayton’s Health Care Financing Task Force, which completed its work on January 15, 2016 with a package of recommendations to be forwarded to the Governor and the Legislature.
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By Rose Roach, MNA Executive Director
I was honored to serve on Governor Dayton’s Health Care Financing Task Force, which completed its work on January 15, 2016 with a package of recommendations to be forwarded to the Governor and the Legislature.
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By MNA member Joe Howard, RN, Essentia Health-Duluth
I took my nine-year-old daughter Katie to Senator Bernie Sanders’ rally in Duluth on January 26.
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By Mathew Keller RN JD, Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
In a decision that has shocked pediatric surgeons across the state, Florida recently repealed a 38-year-old rule establishing state standards for pediatric cardiac surgery.
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(St. Paul) – (January 15, 2016) – Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association call on state lawmakers to implement the recommendations of the Governor’s Health Care Financing Task Force, which appointees passed on Friday.
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February 6
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Ramada Plaza, 1330 Industrial Blvd NE, Minneapolis
Stand with nurses at metro Allina hospitals who are entering full contract negotiations this year.
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(St. Paul) – January 19, 2016 – Minnesota Nurses Association members from five metro hospital systems ratified a new three-year contract that will give them across-the-board wage increases and protect their pensions and health benefits.
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By Rick Fuentes, MNA Communications Specialist
It was no surprise to hear Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders declare his support for Single Payer healthcare during last weekend’s Presidential debate.
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January 15, 2016
(St. Paul) – January 15, 2016 – Twin Cities nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association agreed to terms of a new three-year contract with five of the six hospital systems.
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