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Nurses say they were locked out by hospitals
Reports on strike from various hospitals
MAPE supports strikers
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| Picketing at Minneapolis Children\'s Hospital. Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| RN Tammy Lindstad (left), Lakeville, who has worked 24 years at Minneapolis Children\'s Hospital: "I love my job and I love taking care of the babies. I believe in order to do the best job, I need a good contract and that contract needs to have language about safe patient care." With her is RN Michel Jepson, Woodbury, who has worked 29 years at Minneapolis Childrens Hospital. Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| Strikers wore red MNA union shirts. Hundreds walked the picketline at each hospital, including this group at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| One-year-old David relaxes as his mom, Leah Van Gorp, pickets at Unity Hospital in Fridley, where she is an emergency room nurse. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| Laurie Olmon, a patient at Unity Hospital, joined the picketline to show support. "They took care of me and I\'m here to take care of them," she said. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| Mercy Hospital patient Don Laufenberg brought doughnuts for the strikers, then joined the ICU staff for a group photo. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| Minneapolis City Council member John Quincy was among many elected officials who marched in the picket lines across the metro area. Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| Felix, a Jack Russell terrier, wears a t-shirt with the words, "I love my nurse," as he joins RN Becky Hallstrom on the Mercy Hospital picketline. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| More canine support. Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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Nurses say they were locked out by hospitals
Reports on strike from various hospitals
MAPE supports strikers
Photos
| |
| Picketing at Minneapolis Children\’s Hospital.
Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| RN Tammy Lindstad (left), Lakeville, who has worked 24 years at Minneapolis Children\’s Hospital: "I love my job and I love taking care of the babies. I believe in order to do the best job, I need a good contract and that contract needs to have language about safe patient care." With her is RN Michel Jepson, Woodbury, who has worked 29 years at Minneapolis Childrens Hospital.
Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| Strikers wore red MNA union shirts. Hundreds walked the picketline at each hospital, including this group at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids. Workday Minnesota photo |
|
| One-year-old David relaxes as his mom, Leah Van Gorp, pickets at Unity Hospital in Fridley, where she is an emergency room nurse. Workday Minnesota photo |
|
| Laurie Olmon, a patient at Unity Hospital, joined the picketline to show support. "They took care of me and I\’m here to take care of them," she said. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| Mercy Hospital patient Don Laufenberg brought doughnuts for the strikers, then joined the ICU staff for a group photo. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| Minneapolis City Council member John Quincy was among many elected officials who marched in the picket lines across the metro area.
Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |
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| Felix, a Jack Russell terrier, wears a t-shirt with the words, "I love my nurse," as he joins RN Becky Hallstrom on the Mercy Hospital picketline. Workday Minnesota photo |
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| More canine support.
Photo by Steve Share via the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Facebook page |