Workers have publicly offered to renegotiate their union contracts with Twin Cities hospitals in an effort to help address staffing shortfalls that, workers warned, are only getting worse.
After nearing strike at Allina, SEIU members at local hospitals ratify new contracts
April 21, 2021 by
Earlier this month, essential workers at United Hospital and seven other Allina Health facilities were ready to strike for a fair contract that respects their service on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the 4,000 members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota struck a last-minute agreement with Allina and overwhelmingly ratified the new contract. “We […]
Techs at two Allina hospitals begin 48-hour strike for health and safety protections
October 5, 2020 by
“Allina needs to take care of all of its employees,” technician Molly Wrobleski said. “Our community deserves better.”
Fighting for pandemic protections, workers at two Allina hospitals set new strike date
September 29, 2020 by
At issue is whether some 200 workers maintain pay and benefits if exposed to COVID-19 and forced to quarantine.
SPFT, district reach agreement, pledge to take on funding shortfalls together
February 12, 2018 by
Members of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers will not strike tomorrow, but they aren’t walking away from the fight for fully funded schools.
Teachers to large nonprofits: ‘We all have a stake’ in St. Paul schools
December 18, 2017 by
Tom Stinson, a school nurse at Harding Senior High, sat across a table from two representatives of Allina Health last month and painted an unsettling picture. “Our kids will usually go to the nurse in their school eight times before they access any health care outside the school,” Stinson said. “They don’t get to the […]
Allina nurses end strike, pledge to keep up fight for patient care, workplace safety
October 14, 2016 by
Allina nurses voted yesterday to ratify a three-year contract and end their historic strike at five Twin Cities facilities, but their fight for workplace safety, adequate staffing and respect on the job isn’t over. And after spending nearly a month and a half on the picket line this year, nurses know it’s a fight they […]
Striking nurses weigh contract proposal in advance of voting Monday
September 30, 2016 by
Striking nurses will vote Monday on a three-year contract proposal from Allina that makes some gains on staffing and safety – two of their top issues – but wasn’t good enough to win a recommendation from the union’s bargaining team. Nurses fought tooth and nail with Allina over the course of mediated talks this week […]
Laser focused on cutting health care, Allina turns deaf ear to nurses’ safety concerns
September 15, 2016 by
When Celeste Kopacek’s patient in the neuroscience unit at Abbott Northwestern Hospital told her he was going home to get his gun and would come back to find her, she reported the threat to Allina security. “They told me to call back if he showed up,” Kopacek said. Since contract negotiations with Allina began […]
As strike drags on, nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
September 14, 2016 by
The 16 members of Allina Health’s board of directors have remained mostly above the fray since a contentious round of negotiations with nearly 5,000 union nurses began in February. But that changed last week, when Allina nurses at five Twin Cities facilities began an open-ended strike and, at the same time, rolled out a […]
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