Twin Cities Nurses: Your fellow RNs on the MNA bargaining team will bring you a contract worth voting on in good time. Do not fall for the Employers’ ploy of management making small changes and bringing it back to the table for multiple votes. We won’t waste your time voting multiple times for a poor contract.
Our MNA bargaining teams are United and Strong! We are all in the same room negotiating together. We will get a ratifiable contract. We are strong and we are together – metro-wide.
MNA has made themselves available to negotiate from May 28 through June 9. The hospital chose only 2 days, June 2 and June 4.
We will continue with strike planning for June 10 at 7 am through 7 am on June 11. We will all return to work together at 7 am on June 11. We are excited to have the support of our new national union, NNU as we continue our fight for patient safety and a fair and just contract.
Our MNA bargaining teams took the afternoon to prioritize our proposals to let management know what it would take for a “yes” vote. We are now communicating via a federal mediator. At the end of today’s session, the employer refused to remove any of their concessions from these negotiations.
In addition, MNA nurses presented the hospitals with a detailed information request that we want answered by 8:00 a.m. Friday.
Sign making at the MNA office will be taking place Friday-Sunday, beginning at 8 a.m. on Friday and going until 6:30 p.m. each day (8 am-6:30 pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday). Please join your fellow RNs at the MNA Offices (345 Randolph Avenue, Suite 200, St. Paul, MN 55102) this weekend!
Media Coverage of June 2 Bargaining
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