Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health and the Minnesota Nurses Association have reached a new labor contract for nurses at the Miller Hill Surgery Center, the Duluth News Tribune reported March 23.
The three-year contract covers roughly 23 nurses at the Essentia-owned ASC and will be effective through March 31, 2029. An agreement was reached over four negotiating sessions.
“This agreement reflects meaningful and productive discussions at the bargaining table and is a testament to the good-faith efforts of each team,” Rhonda Kazik, DNP, RN. Essentia’s chief nurse executive, in the report.
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