Health care union members at HealthPartners’ Stillwater Medical Group are planning a four-day unfair labor practice strike on Tuesday.
Workers will picket in front of the facility starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will hold a noon rally on the picket line with supporters, according to officials with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa.
The decision to proceed with a strike came after an unsuccessful bargaining session with HealthPartners officials on Wednesday, union officials said.
“Our members do not feel valued and respected,” said Kelly Parent, a licensed practical nurse at HealthPartners SMG and member of the Service Employees International Union bargaining team. “Management has barely moved in their proposals the last couple days we have met. They simply have not been willing to offer the raises and respect we deserve.”
HealthPartners officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The union consists of more than 80 workers including licensed practical nurses, certified medical assistants and other service-unit healthcare positions in the family medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics and specialties departments at the clinic.
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