Essentia East Market APPs honor union anniversary, call for return to bargaining table
“By ignoring our union and refusing to come to the bargaining table, Essentia is ignoring the very people who are essential to the care and well-being of patients across Minnesota. We deserve better than this. We deserve respect.” -- Neissa Boehm
Essentia workers vote overwhelmingly for union representation
As part of the Minnesota Nurses Association, the Essentia Advanced Practice Providers anticipate having a greater influence over their professional practice, working conditions, and the safety of their patients.
Nurses at Essentia Health St. Mary’s-Superior Wisconsin Clinic announce organizing, filing for union representation
Nurse organizing follows similar successful efforts by nurses in Duluth at Essentia 1st, 2nd and 3rd Street Clinics and Patient Flow Hospital, Miller Hill Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House, and ongoing organizing by Essentia East Market Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).
Nurses at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street and Patient Flow hospital nurses to announce organizing, filing for union representation
“Our love for nurturing and providing the best patient care is often overlooked when the nurses do not have a voice at the table. This will allow us to fight for not only ourselves, but also what’s best for our patients.” -- Dee Budish, RN at Essentia 3rd Street Clinic
Essentia Miller Hill Surgery Center nurses, Essentia Solvay Hospice House nurses and staff vote to unionize with MNA
“We felt we weren’t being listened to. So we organized so that we could have our voices heard.” -- JeanAnn Norton, LPN at Essentia Solvay Hospice House
Nurses at Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 2nd Street vote unanimously for union with MNA
Nurses win union election, and will bargain collectively for better patient care and nurse working conditions
Nurses union attacks hospital executive pay after legislative defeat — and other labor news
By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer
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Nurses succeeded in drive to organize despite aggressive anti-union tactics by Essentia executives
The new MNA member nurses at Duluth Clinic 1st Street join thousands of fellow union nurses at other Essentia facilities, and at other healthcare systems in Duluth and the Northland, as part of the 22,000 MNA members in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Iowa.
Essentia Health in the news; Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman
Minnesota Community Measures issues its Health Care Quality Report annually in three separate findings. This report is the third of those three parts for care delivered in 2022.
Health care unions fight stagnant pay and rising burnout — and other labor news
By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer
Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota
