‘Miscellany’ Archives
Nurses Go on Three-day Strike at Abbott Northwestern and Childrens Hospital
The picket line turned the corner at 26th Street and 10th Avenue and proceeded all the way to Chicago Avenue. Photo: Peter Molenaar By LINDSEY FENNER Over 15,000 nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) went on a three-day unfair labor practices strike from September 12 to 14 at sixteen hospitals around the Twin Cities and Northern Minnesota, including two in the Phillips neighborhood. The union believes this was the largest strike of private-sector nurses in U.S. history. Nurses cited safety and short staffing as their main concerns. Picket lines at Abbott Northwestern and Children’s Hospital were a sea of support for striking nurses, with a solidarity rally organized by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa at Abbott Northwestern on Wednesday, September 14. Abbott Mental Health and Central Lab workers represented by SEIU have also been in contract negotiations with many of the same workplace concerns as nurses. The nurses’ union and hospitals have [...]
Now Hiring: Business Manager
The alley is seeking a part time Business Manager for approximately 10-20 hours per month. The Business Manager will conduct and oversee tasks related to managing and maintaining the business and administrative operations of the 501c3 nonprofit organization, Alley Communications. This is a contracted position at $25 per hour. Contact Cathy Strobel-Ayres at cstrobel11@gmail.com for a detailed scope of services and information to apply. Required Qualifications Strong customer service and project management skills and experience working with economically and culturally diverse communities and individuals. Excellent skills in meeting deadlines, task management, and adaptability. Strong coordination and communication skills, including ways of communicating effectively within the diversity of the Phillips Community, both written and verbally. Experience with producing and maintaining spreadsheets in either Excel or Google sheets. Previous administrative or light [...]
2615 Park Avenue: Celebrating 75 Years of Cooperative Living
2615 Park Avenue in the 1950s / Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society By Becky Gazca, Walt Weaver, and Lou Tiffany Welter How many of you have driven by this building on the corner of Park Avenue and 26th Street and wondered what it was? In front of the American Swedish Institute, “2615 Park” was built in 1929-1930 filling an empty spot in the neighborhood landscape. It was the dream of our founders and builders, Carl Anderson, Gustav Nelson, Andrew Rydell and Gustav Rydell, to build the most luxurious and elegant apartment building in this neighborhood. “Financing for the construction of 2615 was obtained by the financial skin of our teeth in 1929. The architect most often credited for creating the plans was Martin G. Lindquist. The construction firm was the Anderson-Nelson Company, owned by Carl Anton “C.A.” Anderson and Gustav “Gus” Nelson, both recent Swedish immigrants. Originally designed to be ten stories high, plans were scaled back to six stories [...]
