Attached is a flyer explaining the cause we are fighting against.  If you feel as strong as we do about our jobs, and making sure everyone is paid a fair wage.  Please follow instructions on flyer, and call the Representative, and let them know your are against this.

Thank You

Liz Diaz (Rapid Response Coordinator)

The Minnesota Nurses Association is holding an informational picket at Esssentia and St. Luke’s.  Our union is supporting and has notified both Essentia and St. Luke’s that we will be participating in it.

This is not a strike.  You can’t skip work for it.  However, we are urging our members to join these pickets when they are off the clock.  

If you have any Steelworker garb or buttons that you can wear, or if you want to make a sign saying “USW Local 9460 Supports the MNA”, please do so.  

The August 20 MNA informational pickets will run from noon until 6pm.  One will be in front of Essentia Health, at 407 E. 3rd Street, and the other will be in front of St. Luke’s on East 1st Street in between 9th Ave. and 11th Ave. 

The Minnesota Nurses Association is currently engaged in contract negotiations with both Essentia Health and St. Luke’s.  Their negotiations have been tough, so they decided to hold an informational picket on August 20 to both put pressure on Esssentia and St. Luke’s, and to inform the public about their struggle.  Our union, United Steelworkers Local 9460, was proud to walk the picket line in solidarity with the MNA, and continue to support them in their contract negotiations. 

Below are some pictures from the informational picket held in front of Essentia Health in Duluth: