Video: May 6th Informational Picketing
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More than 3,000 Twin Cities RNs took to the streets for informational picketing outside of Abbott Northwestern, Children’s Minneapolis and Mercy Hospitals!
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The following stories were shared today (May 5) by members of MNA RN’s from the Allina Bargaining team:
My name is Dawn Yetter and I am an RN on 3 West at Unity hospital. I am here to describe some of the staffing issues on 3W that cause concerns for the RNs who work on our unit. We are a surgical and orthopedic unit where we primarily care for post-op patients. On the average day shift, the RN cares for 4 patients at one time; on a PM shift, 4-5; on the night shift 5, sometimes 6. We have 44 beds total , down 3 different hallways.
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Allina RNs joined us as members of the negotiating team today to talk about our staffing proposal. Those members who joined the team were Laura Joanis, Theresa Biles-Kraft, Cheryl Benson, Linda Bendix, Tabitha Newman, Lenae Haas, Melissa Buganski, Dawn Yetter, Liana Land, Georgine Malone, Cathy Johnson, Katy Nelson, David Vidmar, Mary Hoversten, Carol Larson, Linda Schafer, Patty Koenig, Priscilla Taylor, Hilda Makori-Anching, and Linda Schafer. Each one of our members told stories of their work, patient assignments and shift experiences that addressed our staffing proposals. Our proposal is as follows:
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Today was very interesting at the bargaining table. We were again greeted with coffee and bagels from our co-workers at St. Joes, thanks again for all of your support.
Today we put a proposal on the table that we thought expressed the concerns of our fellow RNs and sent a message to the employer that we are putting patient care first. We proposed that the employer accept our staffing proposal, our infectious disease proposal, our education proposal, and our proposal on technology. In exchange for this acceptance we proposed to drop several of our proposals in exchange for some of their proposals being dropped.
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Take a moment to listen to WCCO AM 830’s interview that aired live today featuring MNA RN Mary McGibbon!
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