EPISODE 76: Minnesota Nursing Strike

Going past the headline: “15,000 Nurses Strike.” Why are nurses striking? Is the the union actually bargaining for improved patient safety or patients before profits? Do these strikes address mandates & the poor treatment of unvaccinated nurses or is that an inaccurate assumption? Who is leading the union charge? We look at the union president. Did you know she was appointed to Biden’s COVID Equity Committee? SB 1567:  Are federally governed staffing ratios the answer? This episode isn’t to sway your opinion of the strike, rather to go past the headlines and look at the whole picture before forming an opinion. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1567/text https://www.nrtw.org/news/mnastrike2022-news-release-09082022/ https://mnnurses.org/about/mna-structure/mna-president/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/business/minnesota-nurses-strike/index.html https://www.bworldonline.com/labor-and-management/2022/09/16/474938/understaffed-and-overworked-thousands-of-minnesota-nurses-go-on-strike/ https://www.npr.org/2022/09/13/1122798583/thousands-of-nurses-in-minnesota-go-on-strike-over-better-working-conditions To find us outside the podcast:  https://www.theboomclapcommunity.com/ instagram.com/ritarogersco instagram.com/cecily.dickey  SPONSOR: https://readkaleidoscope.com Code: BOOMCLAP to save 10%