LABOR UPDATES
Right To Work Passes Michigan House The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds of protesters rallied at the Capitol.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 11, 2012: RTW passes MI House; U.S. lives longer, sicker »
The Minnesota Nurses Association is happy to welcome Rick Fuentes to represent its 20,000 members in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
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More than 150 nurses will vote Tuesday, December 11, on a new Tentative Agreement between the Minnesota Nurses Association and Douglas County Hospital.
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LABOR NEWS
Nurses Join Fight Against Michigan Right To Work Legislation More than a dozen Michigan nurses stood on the steps of the Michigan Capitol this morning, their mouths covered in red duct tape in protest of right to work legislation.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 10, 2012: Nurses Protest RTW in MI »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 7, 2012: TC Nurse Contract Tentative Agreement; Sham Democracy in Michigan »
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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… Read more about: MNA Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 5, 2012: RNs tops in ethics again; MN faces $1.1B deficit »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 4, 2012: Flu season could be severe »
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.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, December 3, 2012: FOUR! Sugar workers reject contract- again; 60 Minutes exposes HMA »
NOTES ON NURSING
Simple Measures Reduce Infections Caught in Hospitals Solutions included having patients shower with special germ-fighting soap before surgery, and having surgery teams change gowns, gloves and instruments during operations to prevent spreading germs picked up during the procedures.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 30, 2012: MNA Day; Flu shot or mask »
LABOR NEWS
Unions Mobilize in Opposition to Right to Work as Preventive Measure Michigan Republicans could decide as early as today whether or not to introduce a “right-to-work” proposal for consideration during the final weeks of the 2011-12 legislative session.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, November 29, 2012: Metro legislators & RNs talk nursing values »
Education, Solidarity, Networking, Community
As MNA’s bargaining team negotiates with Twin Cities contract hospital employers, let’s show how serious nurses are about our profession, our patients and our communities.
… Read more about: Dec. 6 is MNA Day – features education and a toy/food shelf drive »