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Media Advisory: MNA nurses at Buffalo Hospital set Aug. 2 informational picket

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Barb Brady
(office) 651-414-2849
(cell) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.orgRick Fuentes
(office) 651-414-2863
(cell) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

(Buffalo) – July 22, 2017 – MNA nurses at Buffalo Hospital are planning an August 2 informational picket to draw the public’s attention to Allina Health’s failure to bargain a fair contract with them.
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July 22, 2017

Why Trump Is Actually Right About Something and the Media Is Wrong

By Rick Fuentes

MNA Communications Specialist

Ok, this might be painful. It’s not easy to agree with the powers-that-be in Washington, regardless of who’s in the White House, and especially with one that’s also gone so bombastic with rhetoric as to denigrate entire religious, ethnic, and racial groups of Americans.
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July 18, 2017

Nurse Ascends to Political Seat

By Geri Katz

MNA Healthcare Reform Specialist

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about the parliamentary election in the U.K., and the Labour Party’s pledge to enact a nationwide safe staffing law if they won a majority of the votes.
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July 12, 2017

Are Democrats Facing a Party Split or a Leadership Vacuum?

By Jon Tollefson

MNA Government Relations Specialist

Much has been made of a conference that former presidential candidate Senator Bernie Senators hosted in Chicago last month.
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July 5, 2017

Top Ten Highlights from the People’s Summit in Chicago

By Katie Gjertson

MNA Political Coordinator

This past June 9 – 11, more than 4,000 of my closest friends and strongest allies (nurses, community members, Bernie supporters, environmentalists, activists, and big-name speakers) got together to collaborate, plan, share ideas and strategies, and generally be inspired by one another.
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June 29, 2017

Minnesota Nurses Buy and Forgive $2.6 million of Medical Debt

Press Release: Minnesota Nurses Buy and Forgive $2.6 million of Medical Debt

Minnesota Nurses Buy and Forgive $2.6 million of Medical Debt
Nurses Repay Community for Help During Strike

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.orgBarbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

June 19, 2017

Press Release: Mayo Plan Disrupts Patient Care, Costs Hundreds of Jobs

Contact: Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

June 12, 2017

Nurses in UK on the Verge of National Staffing Legislation

By Geri Katz

MNA Healthcare Reform Specialist

In the lead-up to tomorrow’s June 8 election in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party has pledged to nurses of the National Health Service to:

Pass national staffing legislation;
Give nurses a pay raise and invest an additional £37 billion in the NHS; and
Stop the privatization of the National Health Services

Two things about this remarkable pledge are worth noting for MNA nurses:

This is what political power looks like.

June 7, 2017

The Importance of Family First

By Jackie O’Shea

MNA Government Affairs Administrative Assistant

As the Governmental Affairs Assistant for MNA, I don’t typically write blogs.
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June 5, 2017

Minnesota Nurses Endorse Candidates for Duluth City Council

Flipovich, Kennedy, and Sipress Praised for Supporting Nurse Values

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

May 31, 2017

Shopping with Our Hearts and Minds

By Cameron Fure

MNA Political Organizer

As consumers, we have considerable power with where we choose to spend our dollars.
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May 23, 2017

Nurses Celebrated Throughout the World During Nurses Week

By Barb Brady

MNA Communications Specialist

Celebrations throughout the state, a proclamation by the governor, standing ovations in the Minnesota Legislature, and events around the world: people everywhere took a moment to recognize the wonderful nursing profession.
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May 17, 2017