Filipino nurses help pay for meals of 300 striking co-workers in Minnesota
Striking nurses in Robbinsdale, Minnesota having a meal from India’s Kitchen food truck. SCREENGRAB CCX MEDIA
Filipino nurses helped pay for the meals of 300 picketing nurses Wednesday outside North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, according to operators of a Filipino food truck.
The 300 picketers were among 15,000 nurses in Minnesota-St.Paul and Duluth who went on strike over wage increases and staffing issues.
The 300 picketers were among 15,000 nurses in Minnesota-St.Paul and Duluth who went on strike over wage increases and staffing issues. SCREENRAB CCX MEDIA
The Filipino nurses helped cover more than 300 meals from Inday’s Kitchen, a Filipino food truck, according to CCX Media.
The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) and area hospitals have been negotiating for six months but have failed to work out a new three-year contract.
MNA leaders are calling the labor action the largest private sector nursing strike in U.S. history.
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