“I may not be the one who can bring all the fancy data, but what I am is the only frontline worker with eyewitness testimony,” Mary Turner said. “I’m the one who brings reality.”
Essential workers tell lawmakers: Minnesotans support emergency leave
June 17, 2021 by
“We aren’t asking for a handout,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said. “What we are asking for is justice.”
As special session nears, unions push lawmakers to prioritize working people
May 25, 2021 by
Minnesota unions are calling on state lawmakers to include crisis relief, paid leave and protections for working people in their final budget. “Working people need their lawmakers’ help,” they said in a letter to legislative leaders this week.
Unions hold vigil for workers exposed to COVID-19
May 2, 2020 by
“To workers who have contracted COVID, this is for you,” Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary Turner said.
With N-95 collection drive, nurses gear up for challenge ahead
March 25, 2020 by
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Minnesota grows higher, prompting the state’s health care system to brace for a wave of hospitalizations, registered nurses are holding a collection drive at their union headquarters in St. Paul to stock up on personal protective equipment (PPE) and other supplies. The public’s support in just the […]
Union-led coalition takes on proposed hospital cuts
January 29, 2020 by
“This is patient abandonment,” MNA President Mary Turner said.
Workers, parents show unity with St. Paul teachers after strike vote
February 1, 2018 by
Several unions representing thousands of working people in St. Paul offered up statements of solidarity with SPFT members.
Allina nurses end strike, pledge to keep up fight for patient care, workplace safety
October 14, 2016 by
Allina nurses voted yesterday to ratify a three-year contract and end their historic strike at five Twin Cities facilities, but their fight for workplace safety, adequate staffing and respect on the job isn’t over. And after spending nearly a month and a half on the picket line this year, nurses know it’s a fight they […]
In fight with Allina over health insurance, nurses not backing down
May 18, 2016 by
In contract negotiations with Allina, union nurses are standing together to defend their health insurance. And outside the health care provider’s Minneapolis headquarters today, the community showed it’s standing with nurses. Informational picketing of Allina Commons drew hundreds of nurses, who arrived in busloads from five metro-area Allina facilities. Supporters from the community, including […]
Nurses approve contracts with five Twin Cities hospital systems
January 20, 2016 by
Nurses from five Twin Cities hospital systems voted yesterday to ratify union contracts that will protect their pension and health benefits and provide 2 percent raises in each of the next three years. The new contracts won’t go into effect for more than four months. Negotiations between the Minnesota Nurses Association and the hospitals – […]
