(Undated) — More than 400 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin at their Essentia Health clinics and hospitals are now unionized.
The Minnesota Nurses Association announced that the group voted overwhelmingly to join its union.
Essentia is appealing a decision by the National Labor Relations Board that allowed the vote because it believes the group is too scattered to be represented collectively.
Some employees accuse the health system of forcing them to care for more patients with less time and resources.
