Update: New Location for Community Rally of Support for Nurses
Labor, Faith and Political Allies Gather Wednesday Afternoon
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) - August 31, 2016 - Community and labor leaders will join other labor unions at Stewart Park at 4 p.m. on 10th Avenue South and East 26th Street in Minneapolis. Faith, labor, and political allies of nurses will hold a rally and prayer vigil today to show support for Allina Health nurses who are set to go on an open-ended Unfair Labor Practice strike. US Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-Minneapolis) is also confirmed to speak.
Allina nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association voted on August 18 to authorize an open-ended, Unfair Labor Practice strike. The nurses' negotiating team decided the strike will begin at 7 a.m. on Labor Day, Monday, September 5. MNA filed the required 10-day notice on the five affected Allina Health hospitals and Allina headquarters early on August 26. Picketing will take place at Abbott Northwestern, Allina Commons, Mercy, Phillips Eye Institute, United, and Unity hospitals.
What: Community vigil and rally for Allina Health nurses
When: 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, August 31
Where: Stewart Park
Corner of 10th Ave South and East 26th Street Minneapolis, MN
Who: MNA Executive Director Rose Roach
MNA President Mary Turner
US Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-Minneapolis)
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht
Minneapolis RLF President Chelsie Glaubitz-Gabiou
St. Paul RLF President Bobby Kasper
AFSCME Council 5 Executive Director Eliot Seide
MNA nurse Mary McGibbon
MNA nurse Doreen McIntyre
Rev. Grant Stevensen
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