
Why the Allina strike continues to matter
By Mat Keller, RN, JD, MNA Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
What does the Allina strike mean for non-Allina nurses?
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By Mat Keller, RN, JD, MNA Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
What does the Allina strike mean for non-Allina nurses?
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By Mathew Keller RN, JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
In a recent communication to its employees, HCMC claims that this space’s use of HCMC’s Form 990 financial disclosures to the IRS are misleading.
… Read more about: Fact Check: Does Money from the County Count as Revenue? »

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
Hennepin County Medical Center’s 2015 numbers are in, and many HCMC employees on the chopping block might be surprised by them.
… Read more about: HCMC Doubles Profits in 2015 »
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rick.fuentes@mnnurses.orgBarbara Brady
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By: Mathew Keller, RN JD, Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
It’s no secret that Hennepin County Medical Center has been contemplating layoffs—they announced as much at the beginning of December, and received Hennepin County Board of Commissioners approval for such layoffs this past week.
… Read more about: HCMC nurses want answers to questions about potential layoffs »

By Eileen Gavin
MNA Political Organizer
Atlanta drug rehab defines substance use disorder (SUD), also known as drug use disorder, as a condition in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress.
… Read more about: Nurses Helping Nurses »

by Jon Tollefson
MNA Government Relations Specialist
A lot of people saw what was happening and which way the election was going, but they felt the political elite didn’t listen to them.
… Read more about: What an election »

By Laura Sayles
MNA Government Affairs Specialist
Seems like it’s a tradition that around Thanksgiving everyone writes about what they are thankful for.
… Read more about: The tradition of feeling thankful – even this year »

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
In a famous 1863 lawsuit involving landlord rights, Graves v.
… Read more about: A Hospital for $1? »
Nurses Will be Off ‘Strike Status’ by Sunday Morning
For Immediate Release
Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org
Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org
(St.
… Read more about: Press Release: Nurses Ratify Contract with Allina Health »
Unfair Labor Practice Strike Will End Today
For Immediate Release
Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org
Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org
(St.
… Read more about: Press Release: Nurses Come to a Contract Agreement with Allina Health »

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
If a recent demand letter from Piper Jaffray’s attorneys to the Minnesota
Nurses Association is any indication, it’s safe to say that our campaign to agitate, educate, and advocate against the overzealous pursuit of profits in non-profit healthcare, the questionable business dealings between Allina and members of its board, and the relentless march toward the corporatization of healthcare have all been a smashing success.
… Read more about: High-Powered Piper Jaffray Attorneys Seek to Quiet the Voice of Nurses: Nurses Refuse to be Silenced »