Bemidji nurses have formally approved a contract offer from Sanford Bemidji Hospital, ending nearly six months of contract negotiations that included informational picketing and a strike vote.
Voting information/details is below.
Also, visit MNA’s Bemidji page to see the specifics of the proposed settlement offer from Sanford Bemidji that MNA RNs will be voting on.
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Don’t you love it when a mega-business like Sanford Medical takes out a full-page ad to play “I’m the victim?” This message is a public relations jewel.
Today was our seventh bargaining session with management of SMDC.
We were able to share specifics with how safe staffing affects us and our patients. Management responded in full to all of our proposals other than economic. Their answer to pretty much everything we proposed was “No” or “We are not interested.”
Duluth RNs: Now is our time to get the same staffing language Twin City nurses have that helps them directly to advocate best for patients.
One of our proposals would require management to pay for 15-minute breaks when we are unable to take them. If no nurse took 15-minute breaks that we are supposed to get, it would save the hospital $3,259,815 – the equivalent of 43 FTE’s.
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CLICK HERE to read a well-written story from the Twin Cities Daily Planet on the 2010 Twin Cities Nurses’ Strike, the issues it raised and its lasting impact.
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Wow. Nearly 900 open and unfilled RN shifts at SMDC in Duluth over the past month! The hospital said as recently as yesterday during negotiations that staffing is just fine as is!
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Today was our seventh bargaining meeting with management of St. Luke’s hospital. In our meeting today it was made totally clear and the statement was made from management, “The buck stops here.” It stops with management. They did not want to give the rights in our contract that the board of nursing says we already have. We need the ability to say no to an unsafe assignment and if there are no nurses to take an admission safely, for the right in our contract to temporarily close the unit to admissions. We made it clear to management of our needs in our contract for safe patient care.
… Read more about: Duluth Bargaining Update – St. Luke’s (July 21) »
