The ULP strike by Essentia Deer River workers has reached 45 days, with both sides expected to meet Wednesday and Thursday.

A strike at Essentia Health’s hospital in Deer River is approaching 40 days, as about 70 nursing assistants, lab technicians and other support workers hold out for better pay and staffing terms. SEIU ...

Workforce shortages and the financial challenges of operating OB units were cited as the main reasons for closures.

Union workers from Essentia’s facility in Deer River, picketed in Duluth on Wednesday. The workers are apart of the Service ...

Missy Rock enjoys her job as a nurse manager on the oncology floor at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center. She also can use her own experiences as a cancer patient, to help inspire those ...

Essentia Health and the union representing workers on strike at Essentia-Deer River are headed back to the bargaining table. Around 70 workers from the hospital and nursing home who are part of the ...

Essentia Health and SEIU Healthcare MN & IA to resume negotiations as open-ended strike continues. Union represents 70 staff members in skilled roles.

Healthcare workers at Essentia Health-Deer River have been on the picket lines for a month now as part of an open-ended Unfair Labor Practices strike. The work stoppage involves around 70 workers from ...

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly roundup of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Strike at Essentia’s Deer ...

SEIU Healthcare MN & IA and Essentia Health released the following statement on developments in the ongoing ULP strike happening in Deer River that began on Dec. 9th: ...

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Health care support workers began an open-ended unfair labor practices strike at Essentia Health's Deer River hospital and nursing home on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo courtesy SEIU Healthcare Minnesota ...