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As hundreds of striking nurses picket Unity Hospital, another group of 345 employees – who provide a range of patient care from nursing to food services and transportation – is poised to reject a contract offer from the facility.
Allina Health nurses are walking the picket lines outside five Twin Cities health care facilities this week, but they aren’t walking alone.
On day four of their seven-day strike, nurses who work for Allina Health highlighted the workplace violence issues they face every day — issues which they say Allina has refused to address in contract negotiations.
An estimated 70,000 workers in St. Paul could soon be eligible for up to 48 hours of earned sick and safe time a year, under recommendations issued by a city task force.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO General Board has unanimously elected Julie Blaha to serve as the state labor federation’s secretary-treasurer.
The News Guild is launching an on-line campaign, accompanied by demonstrations around the country, against a hedge fund, Alden Capital, that, in so many words, devours newspapers.
Striking Twin Cities nurses say their week-long walkout raises important issues regarding the future of health care – and they are challenging the corporate power behind Allina Health, the owner of the five facilities being picketed.
As picketing nurses marched outside Abbott Northwestern Hospital, a retired physician who supports them, sat encamped in a lawn chair along W. 28th St.
Nearly 5,000 nurses employed by Allina Health began a seven-day strike Sunday morning, setting up picket lines outside five metro-area facilities.
In a nearly unanimous vote Thursday, East Metro grocery workers rejected a hastily crafted “final offer” from their employers.