Labor Movement

Local Updates
June 25, 2026

We notified you on June 12th that Inspira advised the Union of their intent to close Elmer and Mannington Intensive Care Units. We have spent the last week negotiating with them, and we now have an agreement that follows contract

Local Updates
June 25, 2026

Dear members, We notified you on June 12th that Inspira advised the Union of their intent to close Elmer and Mannington Intensive Care Units.  We have spent the last week negotiating with them, and we now have an agreement that

Local Updates
June 23, 2026

Management just cancelled our last bargaining session before contract expiration. Instead of coming to the session ready to bargain and make progress, management decided to cancel our session at the last minute. This is NOT acceptable. This means that there

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Yesterday, Monday, May 4, 2026, Union Nurses handed out flyers demanding safe staffing and calling out Management for not providing the information we need to negotiate. Management responded by walking out of negotiations, refusing to give us counterproposals to our

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Management is realizing that we are ready to do what it takes to achieve our priorities in this contract, and we need to continue to build the pressure in the weeks ahead.

Local Updates
May 05, 2026

Yesterday marked our first day of bargaining for local 5097. The union presented twenty (20) proposals identified by our membership as top priorities. These include economic improvements such as new wage scales, across-the-board raises, and weekend differentials. We also put

Local Updates
April 21, 2026

Dear Members, We met with management and made some progress on wages for both RNs and LPNs, including reaching agreement on starting rates. While movement is a step in the right direction, the overall wage proposal is still not where it

News
September 05, 2016

Allina Health and the union for its 4,800 Twin Cities nurses detailed separate plans Sunday for taking care of patients during what could be a prolonged and painful nursing strike...