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Nurses at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street and Patient Flow hospital nurses vote overwhelmingly for union representation

Nurses join nearly 250 Essentia workers who have voted to form a union with MNA so far in 2024 

(Duluth) – July 11, 2024 – Today Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street and Patient Flow hospital nurses announced that they voted overwhelmingly to form unions represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) this week to gain a collective voice in their workplaces to improve working conditions and how care is provided to their patients.
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July 11, 2024

Nurses from Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital release statement on new unsafe patient admissions plan, send cease-and-desist to management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Amber Smigiel
(c) 651-202-0845
amber.smigiel@mnnurses.org

Lauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

 
The plan is in violation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and could be counter to the Minnesota Nurse Practice Act
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(St.

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July 3, 2024

Nurses at PrairieCare in Brooklyn Park announce organizing, filing for union representation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact: Amber Smigiel
(c) 651-202-0845
amber.smigiel@mnnurses.org

Lauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

 

Nurse organizing follows similar successful efforts by nurses in Duluth at Essentia 1st, 2nd and 3rd Street Clinics and Patient Flow Hospital, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House, St.
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July 1, 2024

Nurses at Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Superior Wisconsin Clinic announce organizing, filing for union representation

Nurse organizing follows similar successful efforts by nurses in Duluth at Essentia 1st, 2nd and 3rd Street Clinics and Patient Flow Hospital, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House, and ongoing organizing by Essentia East Market Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact: Amber Smigiel
(c) 651-202-0845
amber.smigiel@mnnurses.org

Lauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

(Duluth) – June 24, 2024 – On Friday, June 21, 2024, Essentia Health St.
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June 24, 2024

Nurses fight for safer staffing as adverse health events, workplace violence incidences continue to rise at Hennepin County Medical Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Amber Smigiel
(c) 651-202-0845
amber.smigiel@mnnurses.orgLauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

Hospital has the highest adverse health events in Minnesota, recently fined for workplace violence prevention violation 

(St.
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June 24, 2024

Nurses at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street and Patient Flow hospital nurses to announce organizing, filing for union representation

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.orgLauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

Nurse organizing follows similar successful efforts by nurses at Essentia 1st and 2nd Street Clinics, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House, and ongoing organizing by Essentia East Market Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)

 

(Duluth) – June 7, 2024 – On Monday, June 10, 2024, Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street and Patient Flow hospital nurses will hold a press conference to announce that they have organized and are filing for an election vote to be represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA).
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June 8, 2024

Miller Hill Surgery Center and nurses and other healthcare workers at Essentia Solvay Hospice House overwhelmingly vote to unionize

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.orgLauren Bloomquist
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.bloomquist@mnnurses.org

(Duluth) – May 31, 2024 – Registered Nurses (RNs) at Essentia Miller Hill Surgery Center and nurses and other healthcare workers at Essentia Solvay Hospice House announced today that they voted overwhelmingly to form unions represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) to gain a collective voice in their workplaces to improve working conditions and how care is provided to their patients.
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May 31, 2024