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St. Paul, MN (June 25, 2025) — The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has just released its 2024 Adverse Health Events Report, showing the ninth straight year of increases in preventable patient harm across Minnesota hospitals and surgery centers. Nurses across Minnesota say this report is not just a statistic, it’s a wake-up call. 

In 2024 alone, there were 624 adverse events, which includes preventable errors like patient falls, pressure ulcers, wrong-site procedures, and communication breakdowns. These incidents are not just mistakes.
… Read more about: Unsafe staffing is hurting patients: New state report confirms what nurses have warned for years  »

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In: Advanced Practice Providers, Bargaining, Duluth, Duluth Bargaining, Essentia, Home, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Press Releases

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(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. This comes on the heels of 15,000 nurses and Advanced Practice Providers in the Twin Cities metro and Twin Ports voting on Monday to authorize their negotiating teams to call an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike if necessary. Since April, Essentia nurses have been bargaining in good faith and advocating for safe staffing, fair compensation, and safer workplaces through their contract proposals.
… Read more about: Essentia nurses provide bargaining update as negotiations continue  »

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Minnesota nurses voted overwhelmingly on Monday to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike.

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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(651) 269-1418
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(St. Paul, MN) – June 24, 2025 – More than 15,000 nurses from 13 hospitals across the Twin Cities and Duluth voted overwhelmingly to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike on Monday. The votes follow over three months of negotiations in which hospital executives failed to bargain in good faith and meaningfully engage in an effort to find common solutions around enforceable measures to protect patient safety and improve nurse staffing levels.
… Read more about: Thousands of Minnesota nurses protest Unfair Labor Practices committed by hospital employers, including failure to bargain in good faith over safe staffing  »

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In: Advanced Practice Providers, Bargaining, Duluth, Duluth Bargaining, Essentia, Healthcare, Home, Hospitals, Labor Unions, Nurses, Press Releases, St. Lukes

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Contact: Shannon Cunningham
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Duluth, Minn – June 24, 2025 – Multiple groups of nurses, healthcare workers and Advanced Practice Providers at Essentia Health and Aspirus-St. Luke’s voted on Monday to authorize Unfair Labor Practice strikes at their facilities.  The votes follow months of negotiations in which the hospital corporation executives failed to bargain in good faith and failed to  meaningfully engage in an effort to find common solutions around enforceable measures to protect patient safety and improve nurse staffing levels, and in some cases refused to negotiate at all. 
… 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  »

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651-269-1418
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(Duluth, MN) – June 18, 2025 – In the final scheduled bargaining session before their contract expires, nurses at Aspirus St. Luke’s were met not with compromise, but with cuts. Instead of working toward solutions, hospital executives introduced an economic proposal loaded with rollbacks: limiting sick time, vacation, dental, and health coverage for two-thirds of acute care nurses. This also comes after weeks of Aspirus St. Luke’s criticizing nurses for failing to present their full economic proposal, despite not offering one of their own until now.
… Read more about: Aspirus Walks Away from Solutions, Pushes Concessions Instead of Care  »

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(St. Paul) – June 4, 2025 – Thousands of nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) held an informational picket today at 11 Twin Cities hospitals and two Duluth hospitals to highlight issues at the core of their ongoing contract fight with hospital executives. Nurses across the state are in the midst of a staffing crisis and continue to cite staffing as their number one issue in bargaining. Having enough nurses per patient not only benefits patients, but it also reduces injury and violence on the job, keeps experienced nurses at the bedside, and saves healthcare systems desperately needed funds.
… Read more about: Nurses picket Twin Cities, Duluth hospitals as 15,000 seek new contracts that prioritize patient safety  »

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As part of our Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration, we’re proud to spotlight the inspiring journey of Patrick Simon Soria and Nina Angelie Lio-Soria—two Filipino American nurses whose commitment to care, advocacy, and leadership exemplify the heart of the profession. Their story is not only about nursing—it’s about heritage, identity, and creating meaningful change in healthcare and beyond.

Q: Can you tell us a little about your journey to becoming a nurse?

Image of Patrick and Nina standing in front of a decorated Christmas Tree in Chicago, Illinois.Patrick: Becoming a nurse was never just a job—it was part of my family’s legacy. On my dad’s side, healthcare runs deep.
… Read more about: AANHPI Heritage Month Spotlight: Patrick & Nina’s Nursing Journey  »

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(St. Paul) – May 20, 2025 – Nurses and community members across the Twin Cities are raising urgent concerns over worsening patient care and understaffing in local hospitals—even as the major health systems benefiting from tax-exempt status fail to meet their basic obligations to the public.

Since the 1950s, hospitals have been required to give back to their communities with the savings they receive in lieu of paying taxes. Yet, a new report by the Minnesota Nurses Association and National Nurses United found that major Minnesota hospitals are breaking their bargain with the public.
… Read more about: Nurses sound the alarm as Twin Cities hospitals pocket tax breaks, cut patient care  »

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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(St. Paul) – March 28, 2025 – A recent announcement by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz rolling back the state telework policy has left Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) members working for the state of Minnesota shocked and frustrated. Governor Walz’s mandate would give state employees just over 9 weeks to make this adjustment, requiring them to work onsite at least 50% of their working days each month. Nurses expect this policy reversal to have a chilling effect on the state’s progress in hiring nurses for much needed roles in state agencies 

Nursing roles within the state of Minnesota have been historically difficult to fill due to the significantly lower salaries offered by the state.
… Read more about: Minnesota nurses rebuke Governor’s directive to return to office  »

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Contact: Laurie Laker
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laurie.laker@mnnurses.org 

(St. Paul) – March 27, 2025 – The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) is raising the alarm about devastating impacts that will come because of the $226 million federal funding cut to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). This funding loss threatens to create an immediate and significant public health crisis across our state.  

As a leading voice of public health and patient advocacy in the state, the duty of nurse extends far beyond the bedside. Nurses are advocates for public health and committed to protecting our patients and the communities we serve.
… Read more about: Minnesota nurses stand against devastating cuts to public health funding     »