Allina Nurses: When you have a chance, please review this brief summary of MNA’s Proposals to Allina. Note that the employer has not responded to a single MNA proposal yet.
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Below is a handout Minnesota Nurses will be sharing with members of the general public on May 6, 2010. That afternoon, thousands of Minnesota Nurses will conduct informational picketing across the Twin Cities to help educate members of the public about what is at stake for patients during the current contract negotiations between 12,000 Minnesota Nurses and six different Twin Cities hospital systems.
Visit the MNA Web site to get all the details on this important day!
In recent days members of the general public have been visiting the MNA Facebook page and a Support Minnesota Nurses page on the MNA Web site to share their support for MN RNs! Take a look at the photos below for a quick look!
From Sydney Pederson, RN, Children’s Hospital St. Paul, who is a member of the MNA Children’s Bargaining Team:
(NOTE: Make sure to visit the Children’s Bargaining Page on the MNA Web site for other updates/etc on Children’s bargaining.
Never before has the employer asked for concessions of this size and scope. The employer has chosen to pick a fight with Nurses, whose primary focus is providing safe patient care, ensuring the rights of patients and advancing nursing practice.
These negotiations have brought to light there is a national orchestration by hospitals employers to enforce the lowest acceptable standards of care n areas of patient safety, patient advocacy, and patient protecting.
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Nurse – Jeanne Adomaitis, RN, Methodist
It was great to see all the nurses at bargaining today! Unfortunately, management kept dozens of nurses waiting for 40 minutes. For every other meeting they have been on time.
Karen Anderson, RN from Labor and Delivery, spoke eloquently about what it is like to be a nurse.
In addition to concerns about the current staffing process, we presented:
Below is a video and transcript of an amazing statement given in today’s bargaining session (April 22) with Methodist Hospital by Karen Anderson, RN.
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KAREN ANDERSON STATEMENT – TRANSCRIPT
Karen Anderson, RN, Methodist Hospital
Everyday that we go to work we are responsible for the health and well-being of our patients. Doctors rely on our extensive training and expertise to make accurate evaluations of their patients, and to take timely, thoughtful, and effective, actions towards keeping those patients safe and healthy.
We do this by working nights, weekends, and holidays, on long, physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting shifts.
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Day 4 of negotiations at the Fairview Table!
This is my fourth experience at the negotiations table and never have I felt like the sides were so far apart. We continue to hear about take aways – take away my insurance, reduce my seniority rights, take away valuable benefits from our valuable nurses who work at .4FTE and more.
I am not hearing from management what can be done to ensure an appropriate environment to allow us to provide quality care for our patients. What can we do to attract and keep intelligent, ambitious young men and women to nursing?
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