In what may be the largest ever strike of its kind, 12,000 Twin Cities nurses have walked off the job at 14 area hospitals in a 24-hour strike over pay, pensions and staffing ratios. Outside Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, they greeted the day with a rendition of "Amazing Grace."
The hospitals have shipped in 2,800 replacement nurses, as well as extra doctors, nurse practitioners and other health care delivery pros to try and cover for the walkout, and says that ERs and birthing centers won't be affected by the strike.Estimated cost to the hospitals: $4.5 million.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
12,000 Nurses Abandon Patients...for "Patient Safety?"
While claiming they're doing it for their patients, 2,000 RNs walked out on their patients today in protest of...everything.
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