St. Paul, Minnesota (News KROC-AM) – The Minnesota Nurses Association announced today that approximately 15,000 unionized nurses in the Twin Cities and Duluth area have ratified new three-year contracts.
A statement union says nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve the new deals, which include an 18% pay rise for union nurses in the Twin Cities and a 17% pay rise for nurses in the twin ports. The new contracts cover nurses working in 15 hospitals.
“With these contracts, the staffing levels set by the leaders of our hospitals will never be worse than they are today, as nurses have gained a new voice in the process and better protections to appeal. at the safe staffing levels we need,” said Mary C. Turner. , RN at North Memorial Hospital and president of the Minnesota Nurses Association. “This is a historic victory for nurses and patients at the bedside, but our job is not done. Nurses will continue to fight to oppose corporate health policies that threaten our hospital systems and the care our patients deserve.
The ratification vote took place last Friday, this Monday and Tuesday after the Nurses Association of Minnesota announced last week that it had reached a tentative agreement with the hospitals.
The new agreements include language that addresses how hospitals deal with staffing issues. A news release says the new wording will give nurses a say in how staffing levels are set and prevent cuts to staffing levels without consensus between nurses and management.
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