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June 25, 2025
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth, Minn) – June 25, 2025 – Essentia nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association met with Essentia today for the final scheduled negotiation date prior to contract expiration on June 30, 2025.
… Read more about: Essentia nurses provide bargaining update as negotiations continue »
Minnesota nurses voted overwhelmingly on Monday to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(651) 269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(651) 269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
Duluth, Minn – June 24, 2025 – Multiple groups of nurses, healthcare workers and Advanced Practice Providers at Essentia Health and Aspirus-St.
… Read more about: Duluth Nurses and Advanced Practice Providers Vote to Authorize ULP Strikes Over Employer’s Refusal to Bargain in Good Faith and Other ULPs »
MEDIA ADVISORY
Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(c) 651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
Contact: Erin Moriarty
(c) 651-202-0845
Erin.Moriarty@mnnurses.org
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Duluth – 8:00 a.m.
… Read more about: Nurses to hold press conference with ULP strike vote authorization results »
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
Duluth, MN – June 19, 2025 – Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) at Essentia Health are being forced to take unprecedented action.
… Read more about: Advanced Practice Providers at Essentia Health Move Toward ULP Strike Vote After Hospital Refuses to Bargain »
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth, MN) – June 18, 2025 – In the final scheduled bargaining session before their contract expires, nurses at Aspirus St.
… Read more about: Aspirus Walks Away from Solutions, Pushes Concessions Instead of Care »
MNA President Chris Rubesch, RN, released a statement this morning on behalf of the entirety of the Minnesota Nurses Association:
We are shocked and outraged by the targeted shootings that killed Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and injured Senator John Hoffman and his wife.
… Read more about: MNA Statement on Recent Attacks on Minnesota State Legislators »
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth, MN) – June 12, 2025 – Today, Minnesota nurses requested for a mediator to step in and help resolve contract negotiations with Essentia Health, following months of stonewalling and ongoing unfair labor practices that threaten patient safety.
… Read more about: MNA nurses request mediator as Essentia escalates anti-union tactics »
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(c) 651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(St. Paul) – June 11, 2025 – Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association announced Wednesday that they will hold an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike vote on Monday, June 23, 2025, as 15,000 nurses in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports fight for fair contracts to prioritize safe patient care.
… Read more about: 15,000 nurses set to vote on ULP strike demanding hospitals bargain in good faith over safe staffing »
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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(c) 651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth) – June 3, 2025 – As Essentia nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association prepare for an informational picket tomorrow, they are also announcing the filing of an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Essentia for bad faith bargaining.
… Read more about: Nurses announce Unfair Labor Practice charge against Essentia on eve of info picket »