Minnesota Nurses Association announce intent to strike
DULUTH, Minn. – Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) has announced nurses and other union members will strike at Duluth-area hospitals.
The union said hospital acute care nurses at Essentia Health’s St. Mary’s Duluth Hospital, Miller-Dwan Hospital and St. Mary’s- Superior Hospital, and Aspirus Health St. Luke’s Hospital will be beginning their strike on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.
Nurses and healthcare workers bargaining their first contracts at Essentia Health’s 1st Street, 2nd Street, 3rd Street, and Superior clinics, along with their colleagues at Miller Hill Ambulatory Surgery Center and Solvay Hospice House are also announcing that they will begin their strike at this same time.
The MNA said the notified hospitals of the 10-day notice to strike on Friday.
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The MNA says they are, “advocating for enforceable staffing levels that ensure quality care, confirmed work agreements, reduced workplace injuries and violence, improved retention, and lower healthcare costs.”
A MNA news release stated, “The goal remains to reach an agreement to avoid disruptions. But nurses are prepared to launch their ULP Strike and to protest hospitals’ bad faith bargaining and other ULPs.”
