Workers Memorial Day
Every year on April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who have suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplaces.
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Concerned about whether billions in Minnesota taxpayer funds were actually being used for direct patient care, MNA RN leaders including President Linda Hamilton began pushing in early 2011 for what has now become a federal investigation of the state’s financial dealings with non-profit HMOs.
… Read more about: MNA RNs and the (nearly) $4 Billion Question »
Update May 10, 2012: The House adjourned for the session in the wee hours of this morning, WITHOUT taking a final vote on the National Nurse Licensure Compact.
… Read more about: Nurse Licensure Compact Legislation »
The AFL-CIO is presenting a 3 day Organizing Institute in Minnesota on June 8, 9, 10, 2012. The purpose of this training is to equip union member activists and union member organizers with basic organizing skills.
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National Nurse Licensure Compact
The Compact is still moving on two different tracks. 1) A stand-alone bill is moving in both bodies, and passed a key committee in the House on Wednesday and passed the full Senate on Thursday.
… Read more about: Legislative Update, April 20, 2012 »
Some nice recognition in MinnPost this week of the key work MNA RNs and other health care workers did behind the scenes to help this important legislation pass!
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MNA nurses helped make history this week, as Minnesota became the first state to declare criminal neglect of a vulnerable adult a felony while also protecting the rights of healthcare workers.
In celebration of labor history month, the Untold Stories series presents programs and talks on both local and national labor history topics.
… Read more about: Labor History on Display! »
MNA member Mary Kirsling wrote to her representative about her opposition to National Nurse Licensure. Here’s why it is important to be alert and involved – we get results that mean the world to our patients!
… Read more about: MNA RN Voices Make a Difference on Nurse Licensure Compact »
Note: The Legislature is tentatively planning to adjourn today (April 5) for a short spring recess
HMO Accountability
Great news!
… Read more about: Legislative Update, April 5, 2012 »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: John Nemo, MNA, 651-414-2863 or john.nemo@mnnurses.org
WILLMAR, Minnesota (April 3, 2012) – In an effort to clear up confusion surrounding the status of the Willmar Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment facility, the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) announced today that a pair of legislative bills it helped introduce appear likely to extend the closure date of the facility by another year.
… Read more about: Press Release: MNA RNs fight to keep Willmar Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment Facility open »
Good to hear this news today, because Minnesota Nurses have played a key role for more than a year in demanding these HMOs be held accountable!
… Read more about: MNA RNs Have Helped Lead Charge in Holding HMOs Accountable »