Hundreds of Minnesota Nurses will be taking to the streets of downtown St. Paul during Tuesday’s rush hour to publicly call for a Wall Street Transaction Tax.
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):
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!
Why should nurses be involved in Occupy Wall Street or out advocating for a Main Street Contract and Financial Transaction Tax? Here’s your answer!
The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that nearly 50 million people had no health insurance in 2010, the highest number since the statistic was first collected more than two decades ago.
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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(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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To all MNA nurses,
The NNU just had their first National Conference in Washington DC, May 9-12th. Two other HealthEast Home Care nurses, as well as myself were privileged enough to be able to attend. Support for the MNA was prevalent, as there were many nurses from many states, cheering and showing their support for MNA. Linda Hamilton, President of MNA gave a rousing speech about your current contract negotiations. It was amazing to hear that the same things they are fighting for, are the same things we, at HealthEast, are fighting for as well. California has already implemented ratios, and the results have been amazing!
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