Overview
- Doctors Council SEIU, representing more than 600 doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, announced a one-day unfair labor practices strike for Nov. 5.
- The union says the walkout will cover 61 primary and urgent care clinics across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, and organizers describe the action as potentially unprecedented in the state.
- Union leaders cite patient care concerns tied to operational changes, including Allina’s outsourcing of outpatient lab work to a New Jersey provider and planned clinic closures beginning Nov. 1.
- Allina says it is prepared to maintain safe care during the strike, calls the union’s compensation and benefits proposals unrealistic, and notes two bargaining sessions are scheduled before Nov. 5.
- Clinicians voted to unionize in October 2023 and have bargained since February 2024, with the union saying nearly 50 sessions have not produced a first contract.