FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon Cunningham
(c) 651-269-1418
Shannon.Cunningham@mnnurses.org
(Duluth) – June 3, 2025 – As Essentia nurses with the Minnesota Nurses Association prepare for an informational picket tomorrow, they are also announcing the filing of an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Essentia for bad faith bargaining.
Over six months ago, Essentia’s Patient Flow nurses qualified for and won an armour-globe election, allowing them to join the existing MNA contract. Despite this, Essentia is erroneously and illegally demanding that these nurses should be a part of a different bargaining unit.
This is the first charge filed by MNA for the Essentia RN contract, but Essentia continues to be a serial violator of labor law. This includes, but is not limited to, Essentia’s continued refusal to negotiate with their East Market Advanced Practice Providers who won union representation in July 2024 and were legally certified as members of the Minnesota Nurses Association by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
