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Press Release: Nurses sponsor billboards to call attention to Essentia’s refusal to negotiate safe staffing

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

(Duluth) – August 19, 2016 – After months of trying to negotiate a fair contract, MNA nurses at Twin Ports Essentia Health hospitals are going to the public with their concerns about the hospital system’s refusal to respond to safe staffing proposals by sponsoring billboards in Superior and Duluth.
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August 19, 2016

Allina Health Integrity and Irony

By Mathew Keller

Integrity. Respect. Trust. Compassion. Stewardship. These are the core values of Allina Health. The Oxford dictionary defines integrity as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.” So why, then, does Allina continue to tell its nurses that it needs to shift $10 million in healthcare costs to them?
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August 15, 2016

Allina’s Bad Deals and Big Debts

By Mathew Keller

and Jordan Ash

We’ve seen that Allina is taking on more and more debt, $880 million in all.
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August 12, 2016

MNA Endorsed Candidates Move On to General Election

By Laura Sayles

MNA Governmental Affairs Specialist
Congratulations MNA Endorsed Candidates!

In Tuesday’s Minnesota Primaries, many MNA endorsed candidates who had primary opponents won their races and will move on to November’s General Election.
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August 12, 2016

Who is telling Allina to Mortgage the Future of Patient Care?

By Mathew Keller

and

Jordan Ash

Allina is quickly racking up the amount of debt it carries, increasing its total obligation over the past ten years by 60 percent to $880 million.
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August 11, 2016

Essentia Health: Listen to your nurses

By Mathew Keller RN, JD

Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist

Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist

Limousine service, upgraded television sets, nurse/patient “scripts,” gourmet food service, nurse uniform requirements – hospitals all over the U.S.
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August 11, 2016

Allina’s Debt to Big Banks Increases by 60 Percent

Mathew Keller and Jordan Ash

Allina Health claims it needs to take $10 million out of the pockets and healthcare of its nurses.
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August 10, 2016

Press Release: Negotiations End as Allina Health Widens the Gap in Talks with Nurses

For Immediate Release

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

August 1, 2016

Does Abbott-Northwestern Stand to Lose its Magnet Status?

By Mathew Keller RN, JD

Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist
“Magnet” status, a prestigious accreditation awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (an arm of the American Nurses Association), is desired and sought after by hospitals across the country.
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August 1, 2016

What’s the Right Answer?

By Eileen Gavin

MNA Political Organizer

In the entryway of my house, I have a bust of President John F.
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July 28, 2016

Press Release: Nurses to picket Essentia Wednesday, July 27

Contact: Rick Fuentes

(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org
Barbara Brady

(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

(Duluth) – July 25, 2016 – Nurses at Essentia hospitals in Duluth and Superior are taking their frustration with the lack of progress on contract negotiations to the public with an informational picket at St.
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July 26, 2016

Press Release: Nurses at Essentia hospitals in Duluth, Superior set July 27 informational picket

Contact: Rick Fuentes
(o) 651-414-2863
(c) 612-741-0662
rick.fuentes@mnnurses.org

Barbara Brady
(o) 651-414-2849
(c) 651-202-0845
barbara.brady@mnnurses.org

(Duluth) – July 15, 2016 – Hundreds of MNA nurses at Essentia hospitals in Duluth and Superior will hold an informational picket July 27 to publicly urge the hospital system to negotiate a fair contract.
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July 15, 2016