Bemidji nurses have formally approved a contract offer from Sanford Bemidji Hospital, ending nearly six months of contract negotiations that included informational picketing and a strike vote.
Voting information/details is below.
Also, visit MNA’s Bemidji page to see the specifics of the proposed settlement offer from Sanford Bemidji that MNA RNs will be voting on.
Don’t you love it when a mega-business like Sanford Medical takes out a full-page ad to play “I’m the victim?” This message is a public relations jewel.
CLICK HERE to read a well-written story from the Twin Cities Daily Planet on the 2010 Twin Cities Nurses’ Strike, the issues it raised and its lasting impact.
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Media Contact: John Nemo, MNA, 651-414-2863 or e-mail
MNA Nurses Ratify Contract Agreement with Twin Cities Hospitals
ST. PAUL (July 6, 2010) – Demonstrating the incredible solidarity that was the hallmark of their lengthy campaign, Twin Cities nurses voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ratify a new contract with 14 area hospitals.
“It’s been a long three-plus months, but the nurses I’m talking to tonight have a healthy mixture of relief and resolve,” said Cindy Olson, an RN at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood and a member of the Minnesota Nurses Association bargaining team. “Relief that we finally have a contract in front of us that we could ratify, and resolve to make sure we finish the job when it comes to attaining the safe staffing levels our patients and our profession deserve.”
Nurses spent the day voting at two different locations – one in Minneapolis and one in St.
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To whom it may concern,
I have been saddened by your biased coverage of this entire journey with the nurses and hospitals. I am a nurse of 15 years and appalled by your choice of front page articles related to this event. Giving out Nurses income numbers(that were totally inaccurate), to talking to “so called nurses” that do not back the strike and were going to cross the picket line, just to name a few. Where are the articles that have the hospital administrators incomes and bonuses, or where is the story about doctors and hospital members that do not support what the hospitals are doing and back the nurses.
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NOTE: The post below was sent by the spouse of an MNA RN to the Star Tribune as a letter to the editor.
“Do justice.”
These words from Isaiah keep coming to me as I read your joint article in in today’s Star Tribune.
Do you feel your coverage has done justice to both sides?
Sadly, I don’t. I freely admit, as the spouse of a 30 plus year MNA nurse, I have a side. I proudly walked the picket line with her last month. Which side are you on?
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