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Minnesota nurses vote in favor of strike
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DULUTH — Nurses within the Minnesota Nurses Affiliation, together with these within the Twin Ports, have voted to authorize a strike, the MNA introduced late Monday evening.
The 15,000 MNA members within the Twin Ports and Twin Cities voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of the strike, in keeping with the information launch from MNA. The vote was taken amongst nurses at 15 hospitals below seven hospital techniques. Nurse negotiation leaders at the moment are licensed to name a strike following a 10-day discover to hospital employers.
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Chris Rubesch, first vp of MNA and a registered nurse at Essentia Well being, stated he could not launch particular vote tallies, nevertheless it was very clear nurses have been in favor of the strike.
“I can’t use sufficient descriptor phrases to emphasise how overwhelming each turnout and the vote was,” Rubesch stated. “I imply, this was not even shut.”
The strike can be the primary time Twin Cities and Twin Ports nurses took such an motion collectively in contract negotiations. Rubesch stated the 15 hospitals concerned within the vote are in discussions for when a strike may occur and what the strike would entail. He stated if the discover for a strike is given, all taking part MNA our bodies would strike on the identical time. Hospitals affected by the strike can be introduced on the time the 10-day discover is given.
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In statements, Essentia Well being and St. Luke’s stated they’re creating contingency plans in anticipation of MNA-member nurses happening strike to make sure there’ll nonetheless be affected person care accessible.
“We’re disillusioned by the vote as a result of we imagine nobody wins in a strike — and we’ve a shared accountability to supply high quality care to the sufferers and communities we’re privileged to serve,” Essentia stated within the assertion. “Please be aware, nevertheless, that this vote doesn’t imply a strike is imminent.”
Nurses have been in contract negotiations throughout the state since March, and have been working with out contracts since July 1. The nurses just lately took a vote of no confidence in a number of Minnesota hospital executives, together with St. Luke’s co-CEOs Eric Lohn and Nick Van Deelen.
MNA members have spoken out a number of occasions about their frustrations with administration, together with unsafe staffing ranges and low retention charges. Nurses picketed in June to assist elevate consciousness for the struggles they hope administration will tackle of their new contracts.
In a current assertion, Lohn and Van Deelen stated St. Luke’s has supplied a ten.25% elevate for nurses over three years in its most up-to-date negotiating session, whereas MNA is asking for a 36.5% enhance over that point.
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“We look ahead to our subsequent MNA negotiating session this Thursday, and we stay dedicated to bargaining in good religion to achieve a good and affordable contract,” St. Luke’s stated in an announcement Tuesday. “We’re proud to acknowledge the essential contributions of our nurses and all staff by providing aggressive compensation packages and distinctive advantages, whereas additionally striving to maintain healthcare reasonably priced for our neighborhood. … We are going to once more ask MNA to conform to inviting a mediator to affix us on the desk. Mediators are skilled professionals who can help in efficiently negotiating contracts when the 2 sides are far aside.”
At a information convention Tuesday morning, Rubesch stated staffing is the primary problem statewide that has led nurses to take motion, and he stated St. Luke’s is deflecting from that problem by speaking solely about wages.
Larissa Hubbart, co-chair for St. Luke’s MNA and a registered nurse at St. Luke’s, stated executives in negotiation conferences have not engaged in MNA’s makes an attempt to speak about growing staffing or giving nurses decision-making energy of their new contracts.
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Emily Kniskern, who’s a nurse in St. Luke’s pediatric and labor and supply items, stated quick staffing has triggered her to name 5 pregnant ladies this month to inform them they do not have sufficient workers to induce their labor, even when the induction was scheduled for a medical security cause.
“We deserve care that we are able to depend on,” Kniskern stated. “Once we respect nurses, once we rent sufficient nurses, once we make the hospital a spot the place nurses wish to work, we are able to present one of the best care on the earth. However we want nurses on the bedside, and that’s the reason we voted ‘sure.’”
Lake View Hospital to carry picket
Nurses at St. Luke’s Two Harbors Lake View Hospital can be holding an informational picket Friday to attract consideration to low staffing ranges, nurse Jerri Swardstrom introduced throughout the MNA information convention Tuesday. The picket can be held from midday to six p.m. Friday with the intention of getting Lake View administration acknowledge and discover options for the staffing issues nurses have raised to them.
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Swardstrom stated acute inpatient stays have elevated 65% from 2018 to 2021. In that point, outpatient companies have elevated 87% and emergency room and pressing care visits elevated 28%. Infusion remedy companies have been additionally added.
“There was minimal RN recruitment to assist bridge the calls for in nursing to assist this type of institutional function,” Swardstrom stated. “By the tip of this yr, we mission an annual deficit of greater than 5,000 hours needing to be crammed, which equates to a 15% enhance in our present workers.”
This story was up to date at 8:05 a.m. Aug. 16 to replicate the newest supply from St. Luke’s to MNA and once more at 11:20 a.m. Aug. 16 so as to add feedback from nurses, St. Luke’s and Essentia. It was initially posted at 11:56 p.m. Aug. 15.
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PWHL Minnesota draft pick Britta Curl apologizes for social media behavior
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Britta Curl, whose second-round selection in Monday’s PWHL draft by Minnesota ignited controversy because of views she has supported on social media, issued an apology to fans in a video released Friday.
Curl, 24, was a two-year team captain for 2023 NCAA women’s hockey champion Wisconsin before Minnesota made her the No. 9 overall pick in Monday’s draft at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Before the draft, there had been scrutiny over some of the likes she had posted on the X social media platform. These included posts attacking inclusive language toward transgender women, along with COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
“I recognize that recent events have caused many of you to form an opinion about me, about who I am and how I live my life, and I think I owe it to you guys to come on here and directly respond to these concerns,” Curl said in her video, also released on X. “I specifically recognize that my social media activity has resulted in hurt being felt across communities, including LGBTQ+ and BIPOC individuals, and I just want to apologize and take ownership of that.
“I have family members and extremely close friends who are part of these communities, and I love them very much. I’ve always tried to support them in their pursuits. I wish them the greatest success. I want them to be included, and I’m going to continue to do that.”
Minnesota coach Ken Klee faced questions at the draft about Curl’s selection. Only days after the PWHL removed Natalie Darwitz from her general manager position, Klee took over the draft for Minnesota at Roy Wilkins and heard boos when he selected Curl.
“We did our homework on her,” Klee said. “… We talked to coaches who said that she’s a great kid, a great competitor, great in the locker room. I talked to her teammates on USA and some other areas. They said, ‘She’s a great teammate, coach, you’d love to have her.’ “
Curl, a North Dakota native, said in her video that she is honored and grateful to have been drafted by PWHL Minnesota, which won the league’s first championship this month. She said she’s had teammates with different personalities, religious beliefs and political views, “and we’ve always been able to maintain mutual respect and love.
“However,” she added, “I hope to better demonstrate this to PWHL fans and just to the general public. I do not, and I’ve never held, hate or judgment towards any groups or individuals.
“I’ve learned so much through this and I’m seeing it as an opportunity to grow in humility and grow in love. …
To those of you who may still have reservations, I hope you can extend me the grace to prove to you who I really am.”
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