IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE
FAMILIES PLAY FOR THEIR
SERVICES, WE HAVE LINKS ON
"WCCO."
COM
ELINA HEALTH SAID THEY ARE
PREPARED FOR 25,000 OF THEIR
NURSES TO WALK OFF THE JOB.
THEY PLAN TO GO ON STRIKE WITH
PICKET LINES OUTSIDE OF THE
FIVE HOSPITALS WHERE THEY WORK.
THEY ARE CALLING THE STRIKE
OPEN ENDED, WHICH MEANS THERE
IS NO TELLING HOW LONG THEY
WILL LAST.
THERE WERE HOURS OF NEGOTIATION
ON FRIDAY, IN THE END, THEY
COULD NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT.
FIVE TWIN CITIES HOSPITALS WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THE STRIKE
OFFICIALS AT ELINA HEALTH
SID THE HOSPITALS WILL WORK AS
NUMBER.
1,500 REPLACEMENT NURSES WILL
WORK ALONGSIDE THE CAREGIVERS.
50 OF THEIR OWN NURSES HAVE
AGREED TO CONTINUE TO WORK
DESPITE THE STRIKE.
THIS IS NOT THE OUTCOME THEY
WANTEDDED, BUT THEIR FIRST
PRIORITY ARE THE PATIENTS.
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN AND I'M
SORRY TO HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN,
NOBODY WINS IN THE STRIKE.
NOT THE NURSES AND NOT,
ESPECIALLY THE PATIENTS AND THE
COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
HOWEVER THE UNION HAS CHOSEN
WILL PATH AND OUR JOB IS TO
CARE FOR COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
