US EditionAdvanced Practice Providers Strike Begins
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, JUL 10 – Advanced Practice Providers at Essentia Health strike over delayed contract talks after legal appeals stalled bargaining despite their role in 44% of patient visits, union says.
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Strike to end Saturday for health care workers at Stillwater clinic; issues not resolved
Following an unsuccessful bargaining session on Friday, striking union members with SEIU Healthcare MN & IA at HealthPartners Stillwater Medical Group say they plan to vote again later this month on whether to hold a longer unfair labor practice strike. The group’s current four-day strike is scheduled to conclude at 7 a.m. Saturday, with Urgent Care employees returning to work this weekend and the rest of the group returning to work on Monday. S…
Union nurses and advanced practice providers strike across MN
Minneapolis, MN – On Tuesday, July 8 around 300 registered nurses working at clinics for Essentia Health In Northern Minnesota began an open-ended strike. The nurses are represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) and have filed unfair labor practice charges against their boss Essentia Health. Management is refusing to bargain in good faith with the unionized workers. Two days into the nurses’ strike, on July 10, around 430 MNA members…
APP strike begins, bargaining stalled by legal review
DULUTH, Minn. — Today, July 01, 2025, marks the start of the Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) striking at Essentia. APP’s joined the picket lines at the Duluth, Superior, and Virginia locations. Negotiations are currently off the table as Essentia awaits a legal review from the National Labor Relations Board. The MNA proposed creating the APP bargaining unit in a way that Essentia believes violates the NLRB’s Health Care Rule. Essentia asked t…
Update: Advanced Practice Providers at Essentia Health Go on Strike
More than 400 advanced practice providers from 69 Essentia Health facilities went on strike today. They’re represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association, which says Essentia has refused to recognize the providers’ union for nearly a year. Essentia says it is exercising its legal right and asking the National Labor Relations…
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