WDIO-TV Reports nurses in Virginia say the hospital won’t retain nurses if their current contract offer stands.
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On Thursday, October 17, MNA nurses are taking their concerns directly to management at Sanford hospitals. At Bagley, nurses are concerned they’re being asked to cover more patient assignments for each nurse and doctor. At Thief River Falls, nurses are concerned their own health insurance benefits are being cut. In Bemidji, nurses are concerned that untrained staff are monitoring patients on telemetry.
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On Thursday, October 17, MNA nurses are taking their concerns directly to management at Sanford hospitals. At Bagley, nurses are concerned they’re being asked to cover more patient assignments for each nurse and doctor. At Thief River Falls, nurses are concerned their own health insurance benefits are being cut. In Bemidji, nurses are concerned that untrained staff are monitoring patients on telemetry equipment.
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Nurses at Essentia in Virginia showed up to bargaining session to voice displeasure at takeback proposals. More than 100 strong.
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MNA nurses had gone through three negotiation sessions with Grace, the latest owners of the Kinnic Nursing Home in River Falls, Wisconsin. They last left the table with management trying to take away family leave language, leave of absence days, to radically limit time for jury duty, and even reduce days off for the death of a child or spouse.
MNA nurses looked like they were headed toward mediation to get a new contract, but then they started showing that nurses were standing together. Bobbi Spence, and Suzanne Kitzmann, LPNs and bargaining unit leaders, started handing out red wristbands to their fellow union members..
… Read more about: Even a small unit can have a big effect »
Nurses walked around the Mayo’s Mankato facility for 12 hours to let patients know they’re worried that staffing levels have put them at risk.
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Back in 2008, a lot of working folks planning for retirement saw their savings dwindle. Some saw their net worth spiral downward pretty quickly. For example, someone who had to invest in a 401(k) retirement fund opened statements to see that a savings of $10,000 had dwindled to $7,000. Those that could wait have been riding out their disappointment (as well as not opening their retirement savings notices anymore). Only now, five years later, are they starting to see their nest egg return to its pre-recession figures. Of course, anyone who needed to retire in 2008 had to cash out for pennies on the dollar.
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By Linda Hamilton
Nurses share a common theme: they are totally committed to their co-workers, the communities they serve and to delivering safe patient care. That’s what NNU Co-President Jean Ross, Board Director Mary Turner, and I saw in Ely, Virginia, International Falls, and Hibbing.
What a great road trip we had as nurses shared with us their stories of the joys and struggles of working in some of our Greater Minnesota hospitals. Some of them bravely work in critical access hospitals such as, International Falls and Ely, and some are dedicated care-givers in larger facilities, such as Hibbing and Virginia.
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NOTES ON NURSING
MNA at the 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly Minnesota nurses made up one of the biggest collections of delegates at the annual National Nurses United conference in San Francisco.
Global Nurses United of Nurse, Healthcare Unions, Born Leaders of the premiere nurses and health care workers unions in 14 nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe have announced plans to form a new international organization to step up the fight against the harmful effects of austerity measures, privatization, and cuts in health care services that they say are putting people and communities at risk across the planet.
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First there was the crowd. Then there were the signs. Then there were the red uniforms that adorned every man, woman, and child in the auditorium. The scene was set for a champion sports team to walk in the room, but this huge crowd was there to see the contract negotiators. When they entered the room, more than 225 nurses and their families cheered and applauded to show solidarity with their elected bargaining team at the Essentia-St. Mary’s contract talks and bid good morning to management’s team. In the end, nurses won an agreement with management they could say is the result of hard work by the negotiating team, but also because nurses showed Essentia that nurses are united and strong.
… Read more about: Crowd of Nurses Support Essentia Bargaining Team; Tentative Agreement Won in 33 Hr. Marathon »