Registered nurses at Allina Health’s Cambridge Medical Center voted on Wednesday, September 30, to ratify a new contract that adds workplace violence protections, strengthens labor protections across units, and contains no concessions.
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Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association at Lake Region Healthcare have voted to ratify a new contract that makes significant investments in working conditions, wages, and benefits to help provide higher quality patient care in the Fergus Falls community.
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Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association at Sanford Thief River Falls have voted to ratify a new three-year contract that makes significant investments in retaining experienced nurses and improving working conditions for nurses who care for patients in the region.
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Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association at CentraCare Monticello have voted to ratify a new three-year contract after a year and a half of negotiations.
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by Joe Steiger, RN, North Memorial
Community members, faith groups, public advocacy groups, MNA, and other labor unions joined forces to form a Community Benefits Agreement Coalition aimed at fighting for the communities impacted by the Sanford takeover of North Memorial Health, as well as Sutter Health’s proposed takeover of the Allina Health system.
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Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association today raised serious concerns about HealthPartners’ proposed acquisition of Essentia Health, the third major consolidation involving Minnesota health systems announced in the past six months.
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Today, the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) announced the election of its new union leaders to serve on its Board of Directors from January 1, 2027 through 2029.
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Nurses at Hutchinson Health, part of the HealthPartners system, overwhelmingly voted to join the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA). Hutchinson Health nurses provide a variety of care to patients in the birth center, emergency department, acute care units, primary care clinic, and specialty medical clinics.
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Nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) urge elected Dakota County leaders to invest in public health and social services that patients depend on.
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Newly-Announced Agreement Sets Standard for Sutter/Allina Leadership to Come to the Table to Negotiate
This morning, Attorney General Keith Ellison announced an oversight agreement with Sanford Health and North Memorial Health.
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More than 120 nurses at Hutchinson Health, part of the HealthPartners system, have announced their intent to join the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), filing for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
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First unionized nurses at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation secure landmark agreement after two-week unfair labor strike
CENTER CITY, Minn.—(July 30, 2026)—Nurses at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), have voted to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement, concluding a historic campaign that established the first unionized nurse bargaining unit anywhere in the nation across the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation system.
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