The Minnesota Nurses Association and five Twin Cities hospital systems have reached a tentative three-year contract agreement, according to a Pioneer Press report.
Here are three things to know about the deal.
1. The contract, if ratified, will cover thousands of nurses at the following organizations:
- Children's St. Paul and Minneapolis hospitals
- St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul
- St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, Minn.
- Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul
- Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minn.
- Fairview Clinics-Riverside in Minneapolis
- Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn.
- North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minn.
2. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
3. The agreement, which was reached after the nurses association and hospital systems agreed to limit talks to wages only, is slated to take effect June 1, according to the report.