Today we had our sixth bargaining session with management of St. Luke’s hospital.
“The St. Luke’s bargaining committee refined the staffing plan in order for the contract to be settled. We have solidified the direction we need to go. Management’s response fell short of our safe staffing needs, because it did not allow for RN’s to say ‘No’ to an unsafe assignment.” – Mary Koski “Meech” RN
Cindy Prout, RN, states, “Yesterday we had a great, successful picket at SMDC as Duluth Nurses United. Our favorite chant of the day was ‘1, 2, 3, 4, We don’t like your grid no more! 5, 6, 7, 8, Safe staffing will be great!’ Nurses: Start practicing!”
All Nurse meetings on July 14 at the Labor Temple 2002 London Road (below the Reef Bar): 0800, 1330, 1600, 2000.
The next contract action team meeting is July 22nd, also at the Labor Temple from 1300-1430 and 1600-1730.
We will be having many actions coming to achieve our contract goals – look for flyers, sign-up sheets and blog posts for what our next steps are.