"Our nurses want the public to know that your safety as a patient and the quality of care you receive at the hospital is the focal point of these contract negotiations," said Minnesota Nurses Association President Linda Hamilton, a Registered Nurse in the Children\'s Hospital system.
"What happens in these negotiations is going to impact anyone who will ever visit a Twin Cities hospital. And while nurses are putting patients ahead of hospital profits, our employers are unfortunately viewing things the other way around."
More than 12,000 Minnesota nurses are in the midst of labor contract negotiations with six different Twin Cities hospital systems. The nurses will vote on May 19 to ratify a new labor agreement or authorize a strike, which could begin on June 1. If nurses do vote to go on strike, it would be the largest RN-related work stoppage in U.S. history in terms of the number of nurses involved.
Members of the general public wanting to show their support for Minnesota nurses are encouraged to join the nurses on the picket lines, which will be conducted from 1:30-5 p.m. in Edina (outside of Fairview Southdale Hospital) and St. Paul (outside St. Paul Children\'s and United Hospitals).
May 12th marks the end of National Nurses Week. It is also the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the woman credited with laying the foundation for professional nursing during the 1800s.
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On the May 6 informational picketing
On the key issues involved in the contract negotiations
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"Our nurses want the public to know that your safety as a patient and the quality of care you receive at the hospital is the focal point of these contract negotiations," said Minnesota Nurses Association President Linda Hamilton, a Registered Nurse in the Children\’s Hospital system.
"What happens in these negotiations is going to impact anyone who will ever visit a Twin Cities hospital. And while nurses are putting patients ahead of hospital profits, our employers are unfortunately viewing things the other way around."
More than 12,000 Minnesota nurses are in the midst of labor contract negotiations with six different Twin Cities hospital systems. The nurses will vote on May 19 to ratify a new labor agreement or authorize a strike, which could begin on June 1. If nurses do vote to go on strike, it would be the largest RN-related work stoppage in U.S. history in terms of the number of nurses involved.
Members of the general public wanting to show their support for Minnesota nurses are encouraged to join the nurses on the picket lines, which will be conducted from 1:30-5 p.m. in Edina (outside of Fairview Southdale Hospital) and St. Paul (outside St. Paul Children\’s and United Hospitals).
May 12th marks the end of National Nurses Week. It is also the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the woman credited with laying the foundation for professional nursing during the 1800s.
For more information
On the May 6 informational picketing
On the key issues involved in the contract negotiations
Related article
Nurses take to the streets in powerful display of solidarity