Minnesota Nurses Association agrees to terms with Essentia for nurses at downtown Duluth clinics and Superior

DULUTH, Min. – Nurses with the  The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) at Essentia Health’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Street Clinic locations in Duluth, as well as Essentia Health St. Mary’s Superior Clinic, voted to ratify tentative agreements on their first contracts.

The union says the vote was cast by more than 200 nurses on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

The agreements will last through March 31, 2027.

The MNA says key things they got in the negation include, “Tools and procedures to address workplace violence… Competitive raises… [and].. Contractual safeguards for nurses.”

Essentia Health chief nurse executive said about the agreement, “We are proud of the quick progress we made on these first contracts… These agreements reflect the outstanding contributions of our clinic nurses while allowing Essentia the flexibility to staff according to patient needs. Patient care drives every decision we make, and these negotiations were no different.”

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The MNA and Essentia are negotiation with bargaining units at Solvay Hospice House and the Essentia Health Surgery Center-Miller Hill.