Allina workers reach tentative agreement days before strike deadline
The agreement includes a 5% pay increase, along with workplace safety improvements.
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Essential workers with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota have reached a contract agreement with Allina Health after threatening a strike.
The SEIU bargaining team, which represents 4,000 healthcare workers across the Allina system, announced Wednesday that it had reached tentative agreement with Allina.
Earlier this week, the union said the two parties still remained “deeply divided.” An Unfair Labor Practice strike was scheduled to begin Monday if an agreement was not met.
While the union previously said Allina was offering workers zero pay increase, the tentative agreement now includes a 5% increase over three years, including 3% in the first year.