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“When 4,800 nurses walked off the job this week to protest Allina Health’s proposal to take away their collectively bargained health plans, they got a lot of sympathy and support from teachers.”
“This is more than just solidarity with our colleagues in organized labor,” said Denise Specht, president of teachers union Education Minnesota. “Our 86,000 members work with students during the flu season. They get sick. When they do, we want them treated by healthy nurses with easy access to quality health care themselves. The outcome of this dispute affects us all.The teachers union asked those of their members who are in town for summer break to join nurses’ picket lines. Education Minnesota flooded its Facebook and Twitter pages with bright protest photos accompanied with statements like “Educators will be there to stand up against Allina,” and “Educators Support Nurses. Allina Health had a problem with this.”
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