The nurses were outstanding and spent two hours in each of the first two sessions and just over an hour in the third telling management that there are systems issues that need fixing, that they are needing to do more and more as other departments get cut, that they are no longer able to say they are proud of the care they are able to give, etc.
MNA President Linda Hamilton was honored this week, winning the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation’s 2011 Labor Leader Award. The award is “in appreciation of tireless efforts and experienced leadership that has greatly benefitted the Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation.” It is the first year the award has been given out.
“Everyone in this room knows the success the nurses have had in raising the public’s awareness of the need to address unsafe staffing levels in our hospitals,” said SPRLF President Bobby Kasper. “The MNA made safe staffing a focus of their contract campaign two years ago, and they continue to fight for their members at the Capitol, where everybody knows the MNA means business!
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National Nurses United’s Midwest Director and RN Jan Rodolfo appeared on Keith Olbermann’s show last night to talk about the Occupy Chicago arrests.
Learn more about the Main Street Contract and the effort to Tax Wall Street that is being led by National Nurses United.
In case you missed it LIVE last week online, here’s video of hundreds of MNA RNs on the streets of downtown St. Paul demanding a Tax on Wall Street. The public reaction/support was amazing!
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Can’t make it to MNA Convention on Oct. 16-18th here in St. Paul? No problem! Just tune in online to watch much of Convention right from your computer! You can also watch MNA Convention LIVE from your iPhone or Droid thanks to the MNA App!
Here’s a schedule of events we’ll be streaming LIVE online (all times are Central):
Linda Hamilton, RN, BSN, has been elected to a second consecutive two-year term as the President of the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Can’t make it to MNA Convention on Oct. 16-18th here in St. Paul? No problem! Just tune in online to watch much of Convention right from your computer!
If you work in PR or Communications for a Labor Union here in the Twin Cities, MNA PR Director John Nemo would love to see you at a new class he’ll be teaching on October 25, 2011 through the University of Minnesota’s Labor Education Service!
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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