LABOR
The Chicago Teachers Strike enters Day 3 – read the latest developments.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 12, 2012: Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Day 3; Community Paramedic Ranks Growing in MN »
Across the United States, we remember September 11.
LABOR
The Chicago Teachers Strike has become the biggest Labor-related story of 2012, and enters its second day in the Windy City.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 11, 2012: Never Forget; Chicago Teachers Strike Continues; KC RNs to Vote »
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Chicago teachers went on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after their union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement despite intense weekend negotiations that the union said were productive but still failed to adequately address issues such as job security and teacher evaluations.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 10, 2012: Chicago Teachers on Strike; HMOs in MN again see strong profits »
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In a major win for nurses, patients and three Texas communities, registered nurses (RNs) in El Paso, Corpus Christi and Brownsville gave final approval to contracts yesterday in first-ever collective bargaining agreements with National Nurses United.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 7, 2012: Don’t Mess With Texas (RNs); Why Front-Line Health Care Employees Matter »
NOTES ON NURSING
Nurses, Docs Overestimate Care The disconnect between the quality of care a panel of experts found in the records and the quality of care the nurses and doctors thought they had delivered doesn’t mean the patients were any worse off.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, September 6, 2012: Overestimating care; more corporate mergers; orchestra bosses out of tune »
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There is plenty of Union angst at Minnesota-based SuperValu, according to a recent Star Tribune story.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, Sept. 5, 2012: “Union Angst” at SuperValu; Unions Do Battle with Conservative Super PACs »
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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 »