In early March, all 15,000 nurses in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports contracts will vote on a Platform for our 2025 contract negotiations. The proposed Platform incorporates the input nurses shared in bargaining surveys last fall and the input of the elected nurse negotiating teams, focusing on key areas nurses believe must be addressed in contract negotiations this year.
Please take a moment to read through our proposed 2025 MNA Contract Platform below.
It’s time to stand together and commit to a joint vision for the future of nursing and patient care in our hospitals!
Platform Vote – RSVP below!
March 2-4, 2025
At every MNA hospital in a Twin Cities or Twin Ports contract
Proposed 2025 MNA Contract Platform
Protecting the Community: Patient and Worker Safety
- Safe Staffing: Every nurse in every unit and on every shift deserves staffing levels needed to ensure they have protected breaks and can provide safe, high-quality patient care.
- Regulations on AI: In-person care at the bedside by licensed, qualified nurses ensures patient safety. Developing guardrails on the encroachment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our hospitals protects the scope of nursing practice and puts patient safety at the forefront of healthcare.
- Workplace Violence Prevention: Nurse working conditions are patient healing conditions. If a hospital does not protect workers against violence on the job, nurses cannot do their jobs safely and effectively, and patients cannot heal in the way they need and deserve.
Growing a Healthy Workforce
- Nurse health and wellness: A healthy and supported workforce in our hospitals can provide better care for patients. Improving areas like nurse scheduling and health insurance, among others, will ensure nurses join the workforce, stay at the bedside throughout their careers, and have the resources needed to provide high-quality care to us all.
Guaranteeing Nurse Futures: Comprehensive Financial Security
- Fair wages: To guarantee the future of nursing, including recruiting and retaining our nurse workforce, we need fair wages that keep up with the cost of living and are competitive within the regions in which we practice.
- Secure benefits: Retirement benefits guarantee nurses will be able to spend their careers at the bedside and retire from their careers when the time comes.
Expanding Our Union: Protecting Union Rights & Building Power
- Accessible, union hospitals: When hospitals close or consolidate services, communities lose access to local healthcare services, union nurses lose their jobs, and corporate healthcare giants are formed. Accessible, local, union hospital services are vital to the health of our communities and ensure workers can stay in their communities and have a voice in the care they provide to patients.
- Inclusive voices: Nurses at the bedside are experts on patient care. Including union nurse voices in decision-making processes prioritizes patients over the profits of hospital executives.