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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 15, 2012 – Unsafe Staffing – Firefighter Edition

On: June 15, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan rounds up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!

Stories we’re scanning:

Labor

Unnecessary Risk: Minneapolis firefighters tell state legislators about the risks to personal and public safety due to staffing and budget cuts.
Sutter Nurses Strike Recap: View photos from the one-day strike in California and find out more about the situation.

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 14, 2012: No unions = huge wage gap; Mich. nurses deliver big message to state

On: June 14, 2012

In: Activism, Bargaining, Healthcare, Hospitals, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

HEALTH CARE

Health Cost Relief Only Temporary If health care spending isn’t brought in line with overall economic growth, Americans will eventually face agonizing choices between paying medical bills and funding other priorities such as education and infrastructure.

NURSING

Kansas City Nurses Reaffirm Commitment to NNU A spokeswoman for the National Nurses Organizing Committee of National Nurses United said the vote this week was 260 to 92 in favor of the union.

LABOR

America Without A Union Movement? When labor was at its numerical apogee in 1955, the wealthiest 10 percent claimed just 33 percent of the nation’s income.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 13, 2012 – Sutter RNs Begin Strike, Robin Hood Ready?

On: June 13, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Labor

Sutter RNs Begin Strike: Despite amassing more than $4 Billion in profits since 2005, California-based Sutter Health is trying to impose massive cuts that would negatively impact both patients and nurses. Follow National Nurses United on Twitter for the latest updates on today’s strike by Sutter RNs.
Victory! Thanks to the help of the Occupy Homes MN movement and many others, MNA RN Colleen Espinosa’s long battle to save her home from foreclosure by Citibank was successful.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 11, 2012 – Nurses Are (Financial) Key, Pensions Under Assault

On: June 11, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Nursing

Listen Up, CEOs: Story cites Nurses as key to making or breaking future margins.

Labor

Pensions Under Assault: Public employees in California seeing retirement benefits rolled back – even for current employees.
Op/Ed: Labor Unions aren’t the problem with U.S. Postal Service – Congress is.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 8, 2012 – Mayo Moving In, St. Louis RNs say “Yes!” to NNU and more!

On: June 8, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

Mayo Moving In: The Star Tribune notes that Rochester, MN-based Mayo Clinic has reached a tentative agreement to purchase and take over Fairview’s Red Wing Health Services location.
Young, Uninsured and in Debt: The Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of Young Adults finds that between November 2010 and November 2011, an estimated 13.7 million young adults ages 19–25 stayed on or joined their parents’ health plans, including 6.6 million who likely would not have been able to do so prior to the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

MNA Daily NewsScan, June 7, 2012: MA RNs defeat unlicensed personnel measure; Olympic gold may be tarnished

On: June 7, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

NOTES ON NURSING

Massachusetts Nurses Derail Proposed Law Allowing Unlicensed Personnel to Give Meds The amendment that would have allowed unlicensed personnel to administer medications was withdrawn from the payment reform bill

LABOR UPDATES

State Unions Reach Tentative Agreement Covering 21,000 Workers AFSCME and MAPE have reached a tentative deal on a two-year collective bargaining agreement with the State of Minnesota.

AFL-CIO – Olympic Medal Producer Tarnishes Spirit of the Games Summer Olympic Games medal supplier, Rio Tinto—a union-busting global mining conglomerate with a track record of worker and environmental abuse—should be kept off the podium in London, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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MNA Daily NewsScan: June 6, 2012 – Grading Hospitals on Patient Safety, CA Nurses Set to Strike, Sugar Workers Head to HQ

On: June 6, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

MHA Questions Validity of Patient Safety Data: The Star Tribune notes that a new attempt by a consumer group to give hospitals a letter grade when it comes to patient safety is being pooh-poohed by the Minnesota Hospital Association. Fear not, because we have a solution: Want to know the truth about patient safety at your hospital?

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 4, 2012 – Bring Your Own Thermometer To Work? Really!?

On: June 4, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

Stories we’re scanning:

Nursing News

Bring Your Own Thermometer to Work? New Zealand RNs forced to take drastic measures – including bringing their own pens and thermometers to work – in light of drastic budget cuts that have also resulted in unsafe staffing levels.
Doing Her Part: California RN sees need, builds program to offer nonprofit health services to homeless pregnant women in Bay Area.

MNA Daily NewsScan: June 1, 2012 – Patient-Centered Care a “Must” for ACOs

On: June 1, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan is a round up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!

Stories we’re scanning:

Health Care

Patient-Centered Care a “Must” for ACOs: New white paper argues that Accountable Care Organizations need to be built with “the patient at the heart.”
Full Recap of Accretive Hearing: MNA RN Jean Ross was among those testifying this week during Sen. Al Franken’s special field hearing on Accretive Health and the controversial debt collection tactics employed inside Fairview hospitals.

MNA Daily NewsScan – May 31, 2012: RNs Say Hospital Staffing Crisis Avoidable with Ratios; Listen to Frontline Staff

On: May 31, 2012

In: Activism, Healthcare, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Nursing, Politics

NURSES

Nurses, Patients Voice Concerns Over Avoidable Hospital Staffing Crisis The whole system seems to be “missing something” when it reaps massive profits but can’t keep hospitals properly staffed. But the crisis can’t be explained simply by an overall “shortage” of nurses. The real cause of the staffing squeeze might be the tight fists of hospital CEOs, who don’t want to invest in maintaining an adequate, qualified workforce.

HEALTH CARE

Tax-Exempt Hospitals Eyed Amid State Budget Gaps Following through on a promise, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn announced more than two months ago that the state would resume denying tax exemptions to hospitals that operate more like businesses than charities.
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