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(12 Sep 2022)
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Minneapolis, Minnesota - 12 September 2022
1. People striking in front of Children's Hospital
2. Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota's 5th congressional district, speaking to striking nurses, UPSOUND (English): "Dignified wages and dignified labor standards. We hear you. We stand with you. We love you. We honor you. And we are not just going to be out here with just empty words saying, 'You are heroes and essential workers.' "
4. People on strike walking in front of Children's Hospital
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tracey Dittrich, Nurse:
"We're out here because we've been in negotiation since March with our employer and really we aren't making much progress. We bring many solutions for the staffing problems in the hospital and they disregard them. We are looking for safe staffing in the hospital. We're looking for insurance premium protections. We're looking for a fair wage increase."
6. People on strike in front of hospital
STORYLINE:
Thousands of nurses in Minnesota launched a three-day strike Monday, complaining of low salaries and understaffing worsened by the strains of the coronavirus pandemic.
Some 15,000 nurses at seven health care systems in the Minneapolis and Duluth areas walked out. The affected hospitals said they recruited temporary nurses and expected to maintain most services.
Picket signs went up and strike chants began at 7 a.m. outside 15 Twin Cities and Duluth area hospitals.
The hospitals and the striking nurses said staff shortages are a shared concern.
Minnesota Nurses Association president Mary Turner said pay raises are necessary to address the "crisis of retention" that would otherwise leave the hospitals severely understaffed.
The hospitals have offered 10-12% wage increases but the nurses are seeking more than 30%. Hospital leaders called their wage demands unaffordable, noting that Allina and Fairview hospitals have posted operating losses and that the cost of such sharp wage increases would be passed along to patients.
AP video by Trisha Ahmed.
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