Federal Mediator Calls Minnesota Nurses and Allina Back to the Table
For Immediate Release
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
(St. Paul) - June 10, 2016 - Today, the Federal Mediator contacted the Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Health to urge both parties to return to the bargaining table. MNA and nurse members of the negotiating team have tentatively agreed on the condition Allina will allow working nurses on the negotiating team to be able to miss work to attend. If so, both sides will meet on Monday, June 13.
The call back to the bargaining tables follows the strike notice by MNA given on June 8. On Wednesday, when MNA submitted the 10 day notice of intent to strike for 7 days, June 19-26 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Nurses are hopeful that Allina negotiators are sincere in returning to the table and will return with information nurses requested and responses to nurses' proposals. Nurses have made proposals on staffing and workplace violence that, so far, have been unanswered by the hospital negotiators.
Nurses also hope Allina will not return to the table again with the only goal of drastically eliminating nurses' affordable health plans, which will cost them $10 million.
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About MNA:
With more than 20,000 members in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, MNA is the leading organization for registered nurses in the Midwest and is among the oldest and largest representatives of RNs for collective bargaining in the nation. Established in 1905, MNA is a multi-purpose organization that fosters high standards for nursing education and practice, and works to advance the profession through legislative activity. MNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United.
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About NNU:
National Nurses United, with close to 185,000 members in every state, is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in U.S. history.
NNU was founded in 2009 unifying three of the most active, progressive organizations in the U.S.—and the major voices of unionized nurses—in the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, United American Nurses, and Massachusetts Nurses Association. |
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