Nurses Protest at ISJ / Health Cuts Causing a Stir Picketing won’t bring back the lost jobs, but several dozen nurses in Mankato, Minnesota said they were doing so Wednesday to let the public know what’s been lost. “Immanuel St. Joseph’s is eliminating more than 200 years of experience at this hospital,” said Shelley Seeburg of St. Paul, area director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.