Overview
- The Minnesota Nurses Association said nurses at the North Memorial-run hospital approved an unfair labor practice strike, which enables leaders to call a walkout once the required notice period passes.
- Roughly 600 nurses have bargained for more than a year across more than 29 sessions that a union nurse described as making minimal progress.
- Union leaders cite multiple unfair labor practice claims and a 33% nurse turnover over three years as they push for more staff, stronger retention, and clearer accountability.
- North Memorial Health says it is negotiating in good faith and has contingency plans to keep patient care running if a strike occurs.
- A merger announced by North Memorial and Sanford Health includes planned expansions at Maple Grove, and the union says any walkout would be the hospital’s first.