Members of the Minnesota Nurses Affiliation at St. Luke’s Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors have withdrawn their strike discover amid ongoing negotiations.
Lake View nurses’ contract expired Sept. 30, in accordance with a union information launch. Nurses at Lake View have been slated to affix a strike by 15,000 nurses within the Twin Cities and Twin Ports. The strike within the Twin Cities and Twin Ports was averted after union members reached tentative three-year contracts with hospital executives. Lake View nurses have now additionally averted a strike as negotiations proceed.
“As an indication of fine religion, the nurses of Lake View Hospital have chosen to withdraw our 10-day unfair labor apply strike discover in the interim, within the hopes that administration will begin collaborating with nurses and take these negotiations significantly by treating our priorities and our nurses with the respect we deserve transferring ahead,” a Dec. 8 assertion from the MNA Lake View nurse negotiation workforce reads. “Lake View nurses are dedicated to working in the direction of a good contract that uplifts our neighborhood and protects the way forward for healthcare in Two Harbors and the remainder of Northeastern Minnesota.”
Lake View shared the next assertion with Becker’s: “Lake View is trying ahead to returning to the bargaining desk on Friday, Dec. 9 for our third negotiation session. Lake View will proceed our robust custom of working collaboratively with the MNA to succeed in an settlement that’s truthful to all of our stakeholders, together with our sufferers, neighborhood and our whole Lake View workforce.”