MNA Legislative Preview
Session Begins January 8
The 2013 Minnesota legislative session starts on Tuesday, January 8.
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Nurses from Bagley, Bemidji, and Thief River Falls gather at Centennial Park in Thief River Falls to ask for patient safety standards.
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Northland nurses rally for patients’ safety say “patients are falling through the cracks.” http://ow.ly/gydja
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Vernice Ferguson, Nursing Advocate, passes away. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/vernice-d-ferguson-leader-and-advocate-of-nurses-dies-at-84.html?_r=1&
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Jodi Jones, a state psychiatric nurse with 25 years of experience, has won her arbitration case with the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
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NOTES ON NURSING
Twin Cities Nurses Ratify Contract Although negotiations between nurses and hospitals in 2010 featured a loud
public debate over nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, the parties didn’t debate
the issue this time.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 21, 2012: TC nurses approve 3 yr contract; Hospital care 3k less safe than air travel »
Twin Cities Nurses Ratify Three-Year Contract
For Immediate Release: December 20, 2012
Contact: Rick Fuentes: 651-414-2863/cell: 612-741-0662
Jan Rabbers: 651-414-2861/cell: 612-860-6658
(St.
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HEALTH CARE
Is Mayo Gaming the System? The CEO of St. Peter’s River’s Edge Hospital and two area physicians have asked the Attorney General to investigate Mayo Clinic Health Systems in St.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 20, 2012: Mayo games?; 11K new jobs »
Update: the Twin Cities TA voting results will be announced sometime this evening on the MNA website, after polls close at 9 PM, and a press release will go out after that.
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Congratulations to former MNA Bargaining Unit Chair and DFL legislator Chris Eaton, who has been appointed by Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk to be one of his Majority Whips.
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LABOR UPDATES
More Young Adults Are Homeless Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults.
… Read more about: MNA NewsScan, December 19, 2012: Hospital lays off hundreds and still renovates; For-profit prison operator sued for prisoner death »
