#Nursesneedcare2 Support MNA

As you know, our sisters and brothers at the Minnesota nurses Association (MNA) continue to strike while waiting for a fair contract offer that preserves the benefits they’ve earned and addresses important issues of patient and nurse safety.

Many of our members are also members of MNA, and we have several members whose spouses are part of this strike. They need our support.

Here’s how you and your chapter can help:

•        Join the picket line by sign up for a shift and/or organize a group from your campus to do so as well. Please do not park in the Allina parking facilities. Picketing is going on daily at the following locations and times:

◦         Abbott Northwestern, 800 E. 28th St., Minneapolis - 24 hours a day

◦         Phillips Eye Institute, 2215 Park Ave. S., Minneapolis - 6 a.m.-3 p.m.

◦         Mercy, 4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. N.W., Coon Rapids - 6:30-9:30 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.

◦         United, 333 Smith Ave. N., St. Paul - 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

◦         Unity, 550 Osborne Rd. N.E., Fridley, 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

•        Donate to the MNA Strike Fund to help support families of nurses who are facing hardship.

•        Sign up to donate food for the picketers.

•        Email Allina CEO Penny Wheeler to ask her to come back to the table and settle a fair contract with the nurses.

•        Like the MNA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MinnesotaNurses) for the latest information on how to help. 

•        Picketing or donating? Post pictures on social media, tag @MSCF and use the hashtag #nursesneedcare2. Feel free to wear T-shirts or buttons with MSCF's logo on them.

The nurses are committed to standing strong for a fair contract and respectful treatment. Let’s show them MSCF stands with them.

In Solidarity,

The MSCF Membership Recruitment and Engagement Committee