MNA RN Naomi English on Ed Schultz Radio Show
If you didn’t hear it this morning, check out this clip from the Ed Schultz Show featuring MNA RN Naomi English.
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If you didn’t hear it this morning, check out this clip from the Ed Schultz Show featuring MNA RN Naomi English.
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… Read more about: BREAKING NEWS: Twin Cities Nurses Vote Resoundingly to Authorize Open-Ended Strike »
ST. PAUL (June 21, 2010) – In a historic stand for patient safety, 84 percent of Twin Cities nurses voted Monday to authorize an open-ended strike against 14 hospitals if a contract agreement cannot be reached.
“This is a vote we never wanted to take,” said Linda Hamilton, a Registered Nurse at Children’s Hospital and President of the Minnesota Nurses Association. “The hospitals forced us to this point by adamantly refusing to address even a single proposal related to patient safety over the past three months of negotiations. But Minnesota nurses will do whatever it takes to protect our patients. We have been and will continue to be united for our patients and safe staffing levels.”
MNA leaders told the hospitals late last week that they will not issue a formal strike notice as long as productive negotiations are continuing.
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/12747506]
… Read more about: June 21 Strike Vote TV Coverage (Early roundup) »
June 21, 2010
To: Ken Paulus, Jeff Peterson, Terry Graner, and Kevin Graham
When you justify your request for cuts of my benefits as a necessary measure to exercise fiscal responsibility, I ask that you exhibit the same responsibility by taking the same percentage raises, the same pension cuts, the same hour/FTE cuts as those asked of me.
When you claim the need for “belt tightening” as a resource stewardship measure, I ask that you restrain from duplicating serivces, spend on new faciilties, or enhance existing facilities with expensive cosmetic improvements. I also ask that you consider your staff a valuable resource in your organization.
… Read more about: An open letter to Allina leadership »
All MNA NURSES: Please VISIT THIS LINK to view an important video and text update regarding the latest in negotiations and the June 21 strike vote. Thanks!
… Read more about: URGENT: June 18 Update »
Shared by a FSH RN who came back to work the morning of June 11 shortly after MNA’s one-day strike for patient safety ended.
Some nurses begin our shifts at 6:30am and as instructed we reported for duty. Some were allowed to punch in others not. We were “escorted” to a conference room where we were told to wait until 7am. There were 11 RN’s from 2 departments. One nurse asked if she could use the restroom and/or get something to drink–the answer was No. Another nurse asked if she could get some items from her locker in the staff lounge (which was right next door) the answer was NO.
… Read more about: A view from inside Fairview Southdale Hospital on June 11 »
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… Read more about: Interview with MNA Nurses on Minneapolis Cable TV »
(This was submitted from the husband of a MNA RN to both newspapers here in the Twin Cities but we have yet to see it published.)
A Modest Proposal for the Nurses
Wise people teach us that the best way to understand another person is to
walk a mile in his shoes.
So to resolve the issues between nurses and health care bureaucrats, let
them walk a mile in each other’s shoes. For bureaucrats these means
going out and buying uniforms and some relatively inexpensive white tennis
shoes, mostly women’s sizes. For nurses it will mean some serious
shopping and wardrobe upgrading, no more of that one uniform on my back and
one in the wash mentality.
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PRACTICE ALERT!!!
24 Hour Strike Nursing Practice Violations by Temporary Nurses
MNA Members are reporting Nursing Practice Violations found after their return to work following the 24 Hour Strike. Examples include:
You also may have information on issues happening after the Strike such as:
… Read more about: Nursing Practice Alert: June 10 Strike Incidents »
The following unions, community groups, candidates, elected officials all showed their support of MNA nurses on the day of the 24 hour strike. They donated staff, resources, walked the line with us, and even opened their doors to shelter nurses from the overnight thunderstorm.
UNIONS
AFGE
AFSCME Council 5
AFSCME Local 8
AFSCME Local 722
AFSCME Local 977
AFSCME Local 1164
AFSCME Local 2474
AFSCME Local 3260
AFSCME Local 3800
AFSCME Local 3937
ATU Local 1005
Carpenters Local 87
CWA Local 7250
Education Minnesota
Firefighters
Graduate Student Workers United
IAM Local 143
IAM Local 459
IBEW Local 110
IBEW Local 292
IUPAT
IWW
Labor Education Service
Laborers Local 132
Local 49 Operating Engineers
Local 70 Operating Engineers
Machinists
MAPE
Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation
MN AFL CIO
MN State College Faculty Union
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 9
National Nurses United
OPEIU Local 12
Operating Engineers
Robbinsdale EdMN
SEIU Healthcare MN
SEIU Local 26
SEIU Local 284
SEIU Local 63
Sheet Metal Workers Local 10
St.
… Read more about: A special THANK YOU to those who supported MNA Nurses on June 10th! »
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