“A lot of us are just at our breaking points collectively, and we feel like we have done everything we can to avoid getting to this point,” Dr. Nick VenOsdel, a pediatrician at the Hastings clinic, said. “The time to fight is now.”
MN nurses authorize strike as hospitals stonewall safe-staffing proposals
June 24, 2025 by
Hospital representatives have outright refused to engage with the union’s staffing proposals – members’ top priority – during negotiations, leaving nurses feeling demoralized and disrespected.
Allina primary-care doctors picket: ‘We need a lifeline’
June 3, 2025 by
The bargaining unit of 600 doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners took the historic step – they are the first doctors to picket in Minnesota, according to their international union – 15 months into bargaining a first contract with Allina.
Allina cancer center nurses vote to unionize after management shrugs off safety concerns
February 29, 2024 by
“We were told they were building the plane as they were flying it, and that we’d be failing forward together.”
Union members bristle at Allina plans for more hospital cuts
October 27, 2023 by
Health care workers don’t want to see pandemic-level staffing become the new normal.
Allina Health clinicians file for union election
August 11, 2023 by
They would be the nation’s largest private-sector union of clinicians.
Workers warn ‘bigger does not mean better’ when it comes to hospital mergers
February 2, 2023 by
Union members have emerged as a leading voice of opposition to the proposed merger between M Health Fairview and Sanford Health.
Hospital nurses in Twin Cities, Duluth vote to authorize strike
August 16, 2022 by
Nurses at 15 Minnesota hospitals voted yesterday to authorize a strike, after union negotiators accused health care executives of refusing to bargain contracts that protect the safety of their patients and address the crisis facing their profession. “What we are being forced to do is totally against every ethical principal that we have,” Minnesota Nurses […]
Twin Cities nurses picket, demand hospitals put patients over profits
June 2, 2022 by
“We can’t continue to try to take care of patients and not be able to provide the care that we know they deserve,” United nurse Brittany Livaccari said. “We’re ready to fight for our patients.”
Safe staffing concerns soar among Minnesota nurses
May 11, 2022 by
The Minnesota Nurses Association released data today showing the number of reported staffing concerns from its members doubled from 2020 to 2021, prompting union members who joined a Capitol press conference to plead for action from lawmakers and hospital administrators. “Each one of these represents multiple incidents and multiple patients who are not getting the […]
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