15,000 Minnesota nurses set to strike at 7 a.m. Monday

On Monday, approximately 15,000 nurses plan to strike in Minnesota, in what could be the largest nurses strike in U.S. history. Contract negotiations fell short this weekend prompting the three-day strike.

[rosemoss]

The 30% pay raise nurses are asking for is over 3 years. The hospitals are offering 3% a year pay raise over the next 3 years, which doesn’t even come close to covering the price of inflation. It’s not just the CEO’s making millions, Fairview bought Bethesda for 65 million, but they’re pleading poverty. 🙄

[Ms_Jarpah]

I am happy they are committed to providing high-quality care because pts deserve it.

[ppcli]

Even if they receive a 10% wage increase every year, once inflation hit 15% that will wipe out their entire raise.

[alisha]

Take a look at the huge wage disparities between administrators and healthcare workers. Once you see that, there's no way this looks unreasonable.
This isn't about CEO pay. Research salaries for chief of administrative departments: Human resources, chief of nursing, chief executive officer et cetera. Why does everybody in administration make 15, 20, 30 TIMES AS MUCH AS the people who touch & heal patients?
**Not just nurses either....RT, Rad Tech, Pharmacy, NA's Must be in the hospital 24/7 for it to function safely.
**Where is the comparable productivity pay for every field that heals & their field MUST be in hospital 24/7?
Non healers should get comparable salaries to ensure they're doing things because they want to do them, just as health care workers are.
Hospitals have lost nearly 200, 000 workers since February of 2020. Health care worker productivity has SKYROCKETED. Productivity has me never been higher than it is right now.
30% raise (over 3 yrs) is ridiculous? YET, over 30% increase in productivity isn't compensated equitably.
Every one of these hospitals are non profits, who pay administrators for increased productivity AND spread profits with administrator departments
They must pay out "EARNINGS/PROFITS or invest to keep tax exempt status & we NEVER have enough working equipment or enough workers.
Regardless of individual productivity administration steal the earnings. These non profits, absolutely turn profits for administrators.

EVERY HC EMPLOYEE WHO HAS REMAINED AT THEIR EMPLOYER (vs chasing travel pay gigs) WHO TOUCHES PATIENTS HAS INCREASED THEIR PRODUCTIVITY (doing MUCH more with A LOT less employees) since 2020 that's definitely outpaced bonuses & raises. 30% is peanuts & there's a lot of 24/7 HC providers that this union could highlight along with nursing.

[JustAnotherGenXer]

...simple answer to staffing shortages... rehire all the nurses and medical professionals, that were "shown the door" for not going along with the "P L A N D 3 M I c"

- once again logic "T R u M Ps" emotions...

[Coyote.]

I'm sure the CEOs of the hospitals are going to share their bonuses with you right away...😂😂

[rhondaclark]

RHESES POSITIVE BLOOD TYPE. NOT A NEGATIVE RH NEGATIVE BLOOD TYPE. GENESIS 3:15. And revelation 12:3 to 16.