LABOR
The Moral Test of Government Romney and Ryan and their corporate backers know this, and both candidates have challenged the very idea of a worker’s right to stick together and bargain for basic rights — including fair pay, health care and retirement benefits.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 4, 2012: Labor Day reflections; Nurses on cleanup duty »
HEALTH CARE
Park Nicollet Health Services & HealthPartners to Merge If approved by federal regulators, the agreement would go into effect January 1st.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 31, 2012: Health Care Merger; Labor Day Activities; Organizing Victories »
Statement by Minnesota Nurses Association Executive Director Walter Frederickson, RN on Park Nicollet Health Services/HealthPartners Merger
As corporatization of health care continues its relentless march in Minnesota with the merger of Park Nicollet Health Services and HealthPartners, nurses raise a voice of concern to warn that one size does not fit all.
… Read more about: MNA Statement on Twin Cities Health Care Merger »
Sunday, September 2
Virginia
Iron Range Labor Assembly picnic
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
… Read more about: Labor Day Activities, 2012 »
HEALTH CARE
Patients Balk at Corporate Health Care When the local, independent hospital becomes part of a larger health system, whether Sanford Health, Essentia Health, Mayo Clinic or another, the hospitals also can become more impersonal, bureaucratic and frustrating.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 30, 2012: State employee contracts rejected by legislative panel; Patients balk at corporate health care; »
NOTES ON NURSING
More Injured Employees, Fewer Doctors at Minnesota Security Hospital Employee injuries at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 29, 2012: Employee safety concerns at MN Security Hospital; MN kids health coverage down »
HEALTH CARE
National Nurses United’s RoseAnn DeMoro Named to Top 100 Most Influential Health Care List for 11th Straight Year DeMoro, who is number 36 on the list of 100, is one of only eight people to be named to the list for each of the 11 years it has been compiled.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 28, 2012: DeMoro tops; RN staffing & preventable deaths; Collectiving cargaining on MI ballot »
I just wanted to jot a note about my recent experience at the Minnesota State Fair to let members and staff hear of the experience.
… Read more about: MNA at the Minnesota State Fair – Real Stories. Real Conversations. Real Impact. »
NOTES ON NURSING
Worth Watching: MNA RNs help recovering patient see his son’s West Coast wedding.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 27, 2012 – MNA RNs Help Recovering Patient See Son’s West Coast Wedding »
HEALTH CARE
Fairview Health Services wants to spend $53 million to … wait for it … make capital improvements.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 24, 2012 – Fairview Wants to Spend $53m … on Buildings; Boston RNs Ponder Strike Vote; A Night ER Staff Will Never Forget »
HEALTH CARE
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Hospitals are blaming health care reform and the economy for cutting back on staffing levels.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 23, 2012 – State Fair Begins; Hospitals Sing Familiar Tune »
