The 107th Annual MNA Convention is underway this week in Duluth! Make sure you follow MNA on Twitter and Facebook for the latest updates, photos and more!
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LABOR NEWS
Star Tribune Op/Ed by Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson: Just what’s behind this increase in lockouts?
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 12, 2012: Just What’s Behind This Increase in Lockouts? »
HEALTH CARE
The Big Spin: Hospital Staffing Goes Under the Knife Jan Rodolfo, Midwest director for National Nurses United, the country’s largest union of registered nurses, said profitable hospitals are behaving much like hospitals in dire financial straits.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 11, 2012: Hospitals spin tales on staffing; Kodak hopes to bail on retiree benefits »
HEALTH CARE
Hospitals Add 8,000 New Jobs in September Altogether, the healthcare sector added 43,500 jobs last month–more than a third of the 114,000 jobs the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 10, 2012: Hospitals add 8k new jobs in Sept.; Adequate nurse staffing a universal problem »
LABOR NEWS
In California, RNs ratified a three-year contract with Mills-Peninsula Health Services, an affiliate of Sacramento-based Sutter Health.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 9, 2012: Study – Hospitals should heed Nurses’ perceptions on quality »
LABOR NEWS
Rich-Poor Gap Widens in United States The 1.2 million households whose incomes put them in the top 1 percent of the U.S.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 8, 2012: Wage Gap Widens; Union Victory for VA Nurses »
LABOR NEWS
Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8% The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, down from 8.1 percent in July.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 5, 2012: Health care leads jobs growth; Menengitis outbreak »
HEALTH CARE
Presidential Debate Review On Health Care, Two Visions with Their Own Sets of Facts.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 4, 2012: Prime new evidence that ratios work »
LABOR
Hundreds of nurses at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in California are on strike after negotiations over their labor contract stalled.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Oct. 3, 2012 – CA Nurses on Strike; Banks Behaving Badly »
NOTES ON NURSING
Join nurses across the country at 2:00 p.m. TODAY (Oct. 2) as we advocate for The Robin Hood Tax at the office of Rep.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, October 2, 2012: RN on the 47%- “my patients just need help;” join the Robin Hood action today »
Join nurses across the country TOMORROW (Oct. 2) as we visit politicians to advocate for The Robin Hood Tax.
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Nurses: We need your voices and input in order to help us protect our scope of practice, our patients and our profession!