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Nurses and other health care workers across the nation are rising up in a growing wave of strikes and protests against understaffing, lack of crucial supplies, exhausting workloads and the erosion of their living standards by the sharp rise in inflation.
While Minnesota nurses are determined to fight, the strategy of the MNA is aimed at blocking an effective struggle, as demonstrated in the toothless character of the pickets on Wednesday.
The Minneapolis health care workers are fighting against problems which are endemic throughout the for-profit US health care system.
To stem burnout, the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act would require all Minnesota hospitals create staffing committees for each unit of a hospital. These committees would be made up of direct patient care staff, and would set upper limits on patients allowed per nurse. The decisions would be binding.
To stem burnout, the Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act would require all Minnesota hospitals create staffing committees for each unit of a hospital. These committees would be made up of direct patient care staff, and would set upper limits on patients allowed per nurse. The decisions would be binding.