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Essentia-Health Sandstone nurses vote to authorize strike amid faltering contract negotiations

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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(Duluth) – January 30, 2025 – Last night Essentia Health-Sandstone nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) voted overwhelmingly to authorize an unfair labor practice strike if contract negotiations with the employer continue to stall.  
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Nurses announce endorsement for Minnesota State Senate District 60 special election

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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(St. Paul) – January 24, 2025 – Nurses of the Minnesota Nurses Association today announced their endorsement of Doron Clark for the Senate District 60 special election of the Minnesota Senate.
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Nurses at Center City’s Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation vote for MNA representation

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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(St. Paul) – January 21, 2025 – Last week, a group of Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation in Center City, MN have voted overwhelmingly to join the existing Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) as a new bargaining unit.  
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Nurses voted most honest and ethical profession for 23rd consecutive year

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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laurie.laker@mnnurses.org

(St. Paul) – January 16, 2025 – The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA), representing more than 22,000 nurses across the state, joins the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United (NNU), in celebrating the recognition of nurses as the most honest and ethical profession for the 23rd year in a row, according to the annual Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll.
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North Memorial’s Maple Grove Hospital nurses organize and file for MNA representation

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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laurie.laker@mnnurses.org

(St. Paul) – December 27, 2024 – This afternoon, a supermajority of Registered Nurses (RNs) from the North Memorial Health’s Maple Grove Hospital announced that they have organized and filed for an election vote to be represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA).  
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