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Hennepin nurses win tentative agreement on wages, continue push for action on workplace safety 

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

Hennepin nurses have been in wage reopener negotiations with the county health system for months, win 2022 wage increases competitive with other metro-area hospitals

Nurses continued their campaign to hold executives accountable to protect staff and patient safety this week, sending a letter with other union workers to hospital leadership 

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December 8, 2022

Nurses reach tentative agreements on three-year contracts to retain nurses at the bedside, avert planned strike 

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

Tentative agreements include unprecedented new language to address chronic understaffing in our hospitals

Tentative agreements include historic 18 percent pay increase over three years in Twin Cities, 17 percent in Twin Ports

Planned unfair labor practices strike set to begin Sunday has been called off as nurses plan vote on tentative agreements

 
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December 6, 2022

15,000 nurses across Minnesota to begin unfair labor practices strike December 11 as hospital CEOs refuse to settle fair contracts to put Patients Before Profits

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org
 
Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

15,000 nurses at 16 hospitals in the Twin Cities, Twin Ports, and Two Harbors voted yesterday to authorize an unfair labor practice strike

As many hospital CEOs continue to take multi-million-dollar salaries, executives continue to commit unfair labor practices and refuse solutions to address care and working conditions for nurses and patients 


WATCH: Watch video of nurses announcing their plans for an unfair labor practices strike

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December 1, 2022

BREAKING: 15,000 nurses across Minnesota authorize unfair labor practices strike, hold media availabilities tomorrow 

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

15,000 nurses in the Twin Cities, Twin Ports, and Two Harbors voted today to authorize a potential unfair labor practice strike

As many hospital CEOs continue to take significant raises on multi-million-dollar salaries, executives continue to commit unfair labor practices and refuse solutions to address care and working conditions at the bargaining table

Nurses with MNA will hold media availabilities in St.

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November 30, 2022

Nurses to hold second strike authorization vote as hospital CEOs refuse to settle fair contracts to put Patients Before Profits 

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

15,000 Twin Cities and Twin Ports nurses will vote November 30 on whether to authorize an unfair labor practice strike

Nurses have been back at work for two months since historic three-day strike, but hospital executives continue to commit unfair labor practices and refuse solutions to address care and working conditions at the bargaining table

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November 17, 2022

TOMORROW: MNA nurses to announce next step in fight to win fair contracts that put Patients Before Profits 

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Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

15,000 Twin Cities and Twin Ports nurses have been back at work for two months since historic three-day strike

Hospital executives continue to commit unfair labor practices and refuse solutions to address care and working conditions at the bargaining table

  
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November 16, 2022

Threatened merger of Sanford, M Health Fairview would put corporate expansion ahead of patient care

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

Proposed merger would put combined corporate health giant under command of Sanford, which recently paid a $49.5 million golden parachute to CEO who spread disinformation
Announcement follows another proposed corporate merger between Essentia Health and Marshfield Clinic Health System 

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November 15, 2022

TOMORROW: Hundreds of nurses to rally downtown, confront corporate healthcare executives in the fight for fair contracts to put patients before profits 

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact: Sam Fettig
(c) 612-741-0662
sam.fettig@mnnurses.org

Lauren Nielsen
(c) 651-376-9709
lauren.nielsen@mnnurses.org

Over a month since 15,000 nurses went on strike, hospital executives continue to refuse agreement on nurses’ top issues of safe staffing and retention to solve the crisis of care and working conditions in our hospitals  
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November 1, 2022