Labor Day Activities, 2012 (Page 78)

Sunday, September 2

Virginia

Iron Range Labor Assembly picnic

12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Olcott Park, Virginia 55792

Program at 1:30 p.m. Join us for a raffle, games for kids, a beer garden and all the food you can eat. This picnic is open to anyone.

 

Monday, September 3 – Labor Day

Brainerd/Baxter

Brainerd Trades and Labor Assembly Solidarity Day 2012 Labor Day picnic

12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Baxter City Park, Baxter MN 56425

Join us for food, beverages, music, games for kids and door prizes. Meet local labor-endorsed candidates and enjoy the day we remember all those who have given so much for labors fight for dignity and respect.

 

Cloquet

Carlton County 93rd Annual Labor Day Celebration

Parade: 11:00 a.m.

Cloquet Avenue from 18th Street N to 8th Street N, Cloquet, 55720

Join us for one of the longest continually held Labor Day parades in the nation, featuring bagpipes, bands, floats, dignitaries, community and area labor organizations. Businesses and workers will proudly display their craft.

Picnic: Immediately following the parade – 2:00 p.m.

Cloquet Labor Temple, 1403 Avenue C, Cloquet 55720

Join us for a free picnic, open to all, upstairs.

 

Duluth

Duluth AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic

12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Bayfront Park, Duluth 55802

Join us for free food, beverages, political guests and games for kids in beautiful Bayfront Park on the waterfront.

 

Saint Cloud

Central Minnesota Trades and Labor Assembly Solidarity Day 2012 Labor Day picnic

12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Riverside Park

1725 Killian Drive SE, Saint Cloud

Contact: Marybeth Juetten, 651-587-6608

Cost: $5.00 per family

 

Saint Paul

Minnesota State Fair Labor Day parade

2:00 p.m.

Join Federation President Bobby Kasper, Community Services Liaison Vicki Beebe, union members, families and friends of Labor as we march in the Minnesota State Fair Labor Day Parade.

Wear your union t-shirt if you have one. New this year – we have a float!

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Sunday, September 2

Virginia

Iron Range Labor Assembly picnic

12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Olcott Park, Virginia 55792

Program at 1:30 p.m. Join us for a raffle, games for kids, a beer garden and all the food you can eat. This picnic is open to anyone.

 

Monday, September 3 – Labor Day

Brainerd/Baxter

Brainerd Trades and Labor Assembly Solidarity Day 2012 Labor Day picnic

12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Baxter City Park, Baxter MN 56425

Join us for food, beverages, music, games for kids and door prizes.
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HEALTH CARE

Big Med  Blog note:  This long piece published in the New Yorker, is written by the same author who uncovered the discrepancies in health cre spending, most notably in McAllen, TX.  It is a provocative article about corporatization of health care that will be a source of heated discussion.  Weigh in yourself,  using the comments section below.

Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work  Blog note: another point about health care corporitization.  And it was a nurse who blew the whistle.

In British Emergency Room, “There’s No Card to Show; There are No Bills”   Take the American tourist.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, August 7, 2012: How is that corporate health care working for you?  »

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Congrats to MNA RN Lil Ortendahl, who was honored at the Minnesota DFL’s recent Humphrey-Mondale dinner. Lil was given the Hubert H Humphrey award for citizen political activism.

As only she can, Lil had the crowd roaring during her acceptance speech. Watch the video below to see why:

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… Read more about: MNA RN Lil Ortendahl: “Some drink, some screw around … I do politics.”  »

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“Unfortunately, we have a lot of money in health care right now that is being siphoned off by insurance companies, drug companies and others who are making profit off health care. As long as profit exists in health care, we are going to have a real hard time to paying bills,” she said. “I think that this law stops that, but we’ve got to see health care for all.”

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HEALTH CARE

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law  Roberts joins majority, says mandate is permissable under Congress’s taxing authority.  The 5-4 ruling  — a major victory for the White House  — will help redefine the power of the national government and affect the health-care choices of millions of Americans.

MNA President Linda Hamilton, RN: We Still Have Much Work To Do   “While we are pleased the Supreme Court upheld the entire Affordable Care Act and that millions of deserving Americans will receive the health care coverage they so desperately need as a result, the job isn’t done,” Hamilton said.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, June 28, 2012: ACA Upheld; RNs Know “Medicare for All” is best solution  »

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MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Contact: John Nemo, MNA, 651-414-2863 or john.nemo@mnnurses.org

ST. PAUL (June 27, 2012) – Linda Hamilton, RN, BSN, President of the Minnesota Nurses Association, will be available Thursday to comment from an everyday nurse’s perspective on the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the Affordable Care Act and how it impacts Minnesota patients and families.

“Our concern is that a system of unaffordable, under-insurance will persist. No matter the outcome, millions will effectively be denied regular quality care,” said Hamilton, who is a staff nurse in the Twin Cities-based Children’s Hospitals and Clinics system. “In the past year, nurses have been especially alarmed at what they see as broad declines in health and living standards for substantial segments of the U.S.
… Read more about: Thursday Media Availability: MNA President to Comment on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling  »

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Do you know a special registered nurse?

As nurses, we all know someone who is an outstanding practitioner, an inspiring educator or mentor, an unfailing supporter of nurses in collective bargaining, a nurse executive who models leadership, or a researcher who has made a real difference to patients.

Would you like to see that special registered nurse be recognized by the profession?

The MNA awards, presented at the Convention in October every year, honor the RN members of MNA who exemplify the best of the nursing profession and of our union.
… Read more about: MNA Awards: Nominate a Nurse!  »

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Stories we’re scanning:

NOTES ON NURSING

Nurses’ Rx for Healing – A Robin Hood Tax   Nurses are on the streets throughout the world today to demand a small Robin Hood tax on Wall Street transactions.  In Guatamala, Manhattan, El Paso, Minneapolis and numerous sites around the globe, thousands of nurses who see too much suffering as Wall Street bankers get paid six-figure bonuses are calling for a new public health measure – economic justice.  Read why nurses are at the forefront of this movement. 

California Court Says Unsupervised Nurses Can Administer Anesthesia   The order will have its greatest impact in rural areas, where nurses commonly  administer anesthesia in hospitals, under a doctor’s orders but without  in-person supervision.
… Read more about: MNA Daily NewsScan, June 19, 2012: Robin Hood Tax Day; underemployed & underpaid  »