What is this? The MNA Daily NewsScan is a round up the day’s biggest nursing, health care and organized labor stories. As news unfolds in real-time, we update the NewsScan with new links and info, so check back often!
Stories we’re scanning:
Health Care
- “Money Hungry” Tactics: The Star Tribune pulls the curtain back even further on Fairview’s decision to use debt collectors in the ER.
- Hold Up! New study finds that revenue-driven surgery and poor planning often ends up sending patients home too early.
Labor Updates
- SEIU Takes Strike Vote: SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members voted overwhelmingly this week to authorize a 2-5 day strike. More than 3,500 workers at eight different Twin Cities hospitals are involved in ongoing contract negotiations.
- Crow Wing County Decision Expected Soon: Several Labor Unions – including MNA – are waiting on a ruling from a judge regarding an Unfair Labor Practice charge filed against Crow Wing County officials.
- “They Couldn’t Shut Us Down”: Musician Tom Morello tells Rolling Stone that Friday’s National Nurses United rally in Chicago is back on track because “We [the people] stood up.”
