The following unions, community groups, candidates, elected officials all showed their support of MNA nurses on the day of the 24 hour strike. They donated staff, resources, walked the line with us, and even opened their doors to shelter nurses from the overnight thunderstorm.
UNIONS
AFGE
AFSCME Council 5
AFSCME Local 8
AFSCME Local 722
AFSCME Local 977
AFSCME Local 1164
AFSCME Local 2474
AFSCME Local 3260
AFSCME Local 3800
AFSCME Local 3937
ATU Local 1005
Carpenters Local 87
CWA Local 7250
Education Minnesota
Firefighters
Graduate Student Workers United
IAM Local 143
IAM Local 459
IBEW Local 110
IBEW Local 292
IUPAT
IWW
Labor Education Service
Laborers Local 132
Local 49 Operating Engineers
Local 70 Operating Engineers
Machinists
MAPE
Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation
MN AFL CIO
MN State College Faculty Union
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9
National Nurses United
OPEIU Local 12
Operating Engineers
Robbinsdale EdMN
SEIU Healthcare MN
SEIU Local 26
SEIU Local 284
SEIU Local 63
Sheet Metal Workers Local 10
St. Croix Ed MN
St. Paul Federation of Teachers
St. Paul Regional Labor Federation
Teamsters Local 120
Teamsters Local 320
UFCW 789
UNITE HERE Local 17
COMMUNITY GROUPS
America Votes
Coalition for People’s Bailout
MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change
Socialist Alternative
Take Action Minnesota
Wellstone Action
Working America
CANDIDATES
Adam Best Candidate for House HD52A
Audrey Britton Candidate for House HD43A
Ron Case Candidate for Senate SD42
Zak Chlebeck Candidate for House HD51A
Barrett Chrisis Candidate for House HD19A
Tarryl Clark Candidate for Congress CD6
Mark Dayton Candidate for Governor
Jeremiah Ellis Candidate for House HD65A
Matt Entenza Candidate for Governor
Mike Germain Candidate for Senate SD37
Marion Greene Candidate for House HD60A
Peter Idusogie Candidate for Governor
Brad Johnson for Anoka County Attorney
Margaret Anderson Kelliher Candidate for Governor
Hal Kimball Candidate for Senate SD18
Jim Meffert Candidate for Congress CD3
Paul Meunier Candidate for Senate SD49/Mayor of Ham Lake
Rena Moran Candidate for House HD65A
Dave Page Candidate for House HD57B
Peter Perovich Candidate for Senate SD48
Jen Peterson Candidate for House HD57A
Dan Powers Candidate for Congress CD2
ELECTEDS
Vice Chair Donna Cassutt, Minnesota DFL Party
State Representative Jim Abeler
Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher
State Representative John Benson
State Representative Karla Bigham
State Representative Bobby Joe Champion
State Representative Karen Clark
State Representative Jim Davnie
State Representative Patti Fritz
State Representative Jeff Hayden
State Representative Carolyn Laine
State Representative John Lesch
State Representative Leon Lillie
State Representative Carlos Mariani
State Representative Erin Murphy
State Representative Jerry Newton
State Representative Michael Paymar
State Representative Sandy Peterson
State Representative Steve Simon
State Representative Nora Slawik
State Representative Linda Slocum
State Representative Paul Thissen
State Representative Ryan Winkler
State Senator Ellen Anderson
State Senator Satveer Chaudhary
State Senator Tarryl Clark
State Senator Dick Cohen
State Senator Sharon Erickson Ropes
State Senator Ken Kelash
State Senator Ron Latz
State Senator John Marty
State Senator Larry Pogemiller
State Senator Ann Rest
State Senator Kate Sieben
State Senator Patricia Torres-Ray
Minneapolis City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden
Minneapolis City Council Member Cam Gordon
Minneapolis City Council Member Betsy Hodges
Minneapolis City Council Member Diane Hofstede
Minneapolis City Council Member Barb Johnson, RN
Minneapolis City Council Member John Quincy
St. Paul City Council Member Melvin Carter
St. Paul City Council Member Dave Thune
Office of Congressman Keith Ellison
OTHER Supporters
Gillette Hospital Nurses
HCMC Nurses
Life Link
Regions Nurses
SMDC Nurses
Woodwinds Nurses
Finally, countless restaurants contributed food to nurses walking the picket lines. Just a few of those we know of are:
Common Roots
Minneapolis Pizza Luce
Minneapolis Jimmy John’s
Tom Reid’s Hockey Pub, St. Paul
7th Street Pizzeria, St. Paul