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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 7, 2012: TC Nurse Contract Tentative Agreement; Sham Democracy in Michigan

NOTES ON NURSING

MNA Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals     The Minnesota Nurses Association and Twin Cities Hospitals reached agreement last night on new three-year-contracts, which are being unanimously recommended by the MNA Negotiating Committee for ratification by the membership. 
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MNA Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals

Joint Press Release

Contact:  Rick Fuentes: 651-414-2863/cell: 612-741-0662
Jan Rabbers: 651-414-2861/cell:  612-860-6658

Minnesota Nurses Association and North Memorial Health Care, Park Nicollet Health Services, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, Fairview Health Services, HealthEast Care System and Allina Health

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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 5, 2012: RNs tops in ethics again; MN faces $1.1B deficit

NOTES ON NURSING

Nurses Top Gallup Ethics and Honesty Poll for 12th Time in 13 Years.     Nurses’ high rating this year is not unexpected; they have scored at the top of all professions every year since they were first included in the list in 1999 — apart from 2001, when Gallup asked about “firefighters” on a one-time basis after the Sept.
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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 4, 2012: Flu season could be severe

NOTES ON NURSING

CDC Says US Flu Season Starts Early; Could be Bad    Flu season in the United States is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade — and it could be a bad one

HEALTH CARE

GOP Counteroffer Would Raise Medicare Age    Republicans are proposing a “fiscal cliff” plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes for Social Security benefits and bringing in $800 billion in higher tax revenue.
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MNA Daily NewsScan, December 3, 2012: FOUR! Sugar workers reject contract- again; 60 Minutes exposes HMA

LABOR NEWS

Can you Hear Us Now?  Sugar Workers Reject Contract 4th Straight Time    One of the longest work stoppages in recent Minnesota history will continue as locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Saturday rejected essentially the same contract for the fourth time, with 55 percent voting against.
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