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Press Release: Nurses Take Their Case for a Contract to the Allina Board of Directors

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

Minneapolis – September 7, 2016 – Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association are requesting to present their case for a fair contract directly to the Allina Health Board of Directors.
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September 7, 2016

With nurses on the outside, Allina CEO focuses her attention on the real issues: Health Catalyst

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist

It’s been well reported that Allina Health, a $3.9-billion nonprofit healthcare organization, “invested” $108 million in Health Catalyst, a private for-profit technology company.
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September 6, 2016

A Letter to Our Valued MNA Nurses

Dear MNA Allina nurses,

This is long, but important. As your Executive Director I was present for the 22 hour marathon bargaining session that just ended mere hours ago.
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September 3, 2016

Essentia Hospitals Come to an Agreement with Nurses

What’s taking Allina Health so long?

By Barbara Brady

MNA Communications Specialist

While MNA nurses in Duluth and Superior were working to reach a tentative agreement with Essentia Health on a new three-year contract this week, MNA nurses in the Twin Cities were preparing for a second strike against Allina Health.
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September 2, 2016

MNA Requests Meeting with US Bank in order to Save Allina Money

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist

We’ve detailed at length the connections between Piper Jaffray and Allina.
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August 29, 2016

Where Are Your Medicare Dollars Taking a Vacation?

By Mathew Keller, RN JD
Regulatory and Policy Nursing Specialist

Despite all of its bad deals and big debts, Allina Health is still making piles of money.
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August 27, 2016

Press Release: MNA Nurses Set to Strike Allina Health on Labor Day

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 26, 2016

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