May 12 Informational Picketing (Video)
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Fairview Bargaining Update (May 6)
From Kevin Campbell, RN, Member of MNA’s Fairview Bargaining Team:
Management reluctantly talked about wages preceded by a well-orchestrated litany of wage freezes in other industries such as auto industries, medical products, St Jude’s medical, State employees. Not comparing us to other nurses. Wages 0% first year, 1% second year, and 2% third year.
Hospital was given the nurses’ counter proposals preserving MNA insurance, budgeting for staffing @ 115%, infectious disease proposal, educational enhancements and technology language.
The hospital came back with a “generous” offer to drop 18 of their proposals “no strings attached.” They continued to decline to talk about patient care or patient safety saying it is too costly.
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Photo Slideshow – May 6th Informational Picketing
More than 3,000 Twin Cities RNs took to the streets for informational picketing outside of Abbott Northwestern, Children’s Minneapolis and Mercy Hospitals!
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Methodist Hospital Bargaining Update (Video)
Below is a video and transcript of an amazing statement given in today’s bargaining session (April 22) with Methodist Hospital by Karen Anderson, RN.
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KAREN ANDERSON STATEMENT – TRANSCRIPT
Karen Anderson, RN, Methodist Hospital
Everyday that we go to work we are responsible for the health and well-being of our patients. Doctors rely on our extensive training and expertise to make accurate evaluations of their patients, and to take timely, thoughtful, and effective, actions towards keeping those patients safe and healthy.
We do this by working nights, weekends, and holidays, on long, physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting shifts.
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North Memorial Bargaining Update (March 30)
Take a look at the flyer below to find out the latest from yesterday’s bargaining session between MNA and North Memorial. You can also print and share this flyer with other RNs!
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2010 Allina Bargaining Update
Today marked the opening day of negotiations between Allina and its nurses. Below you’ll find:
Make sure to check back here on the MNA Blog and on MNA’s Web site for the latest news and updates!
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Haiti RN Relief Recap
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Join us in taking a brief break (four minutes or so!) from the intensity of contract bargaining to watch this powerful YouTube video that summarizes the RN relief efforts in Haiti. MNA Nurse Barb Warren-Bloms was among the volunteers called forth by National Nurses United to serve in Haiti recently. More than 300 Minnesota nurses were among the 12,000 across the U.S. who volunteered to help in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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First MNA Nurse Returns From Haiti with stories, photos
MNA Member RN Barb Warren-Bloms (located on the far right and wearing a black shirt in the photo above) just returned from Haiti today, and she’s already got more than 200 photos up on her Facebook page. Barb’s journey to Haiti has already been well-chronicled, and in the coming days we’ll make sure to share some of her most powerful stories and photos as well. Barb is the first MNA nurse to be formally deployed to Haiti through the National Nurses United organization’s relief efforts. Barb spent two weeks on the floating Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, and she’ll be headed back to work here at her hospital in Minneapolis on Monday.
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Update from the USNS Comfort in Haiti
Barb Warren-Bloms, the first Minnesota Nurse formally deployed to Haiti, recently sent us a Facebook message with an update of her first days on the Navy ship USNS Comfort (above):
“Thanks. It is going ok on the ship. I am working night shift. The census is way down, and acuity is very low. It is winding down. There are only 50 patients here now.
Even though the census is very low, they are happy we are here, because the nurses have not had days off in over 30 days. We got here too late to be of much help other than letting the nurses get days off, which is important, I guess.
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