Allina Health workers intend to strike if contract deal can t be reached
The week-long strike would start May 10.
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Thousands of Allina Health workers are preparing to strike over a contract they say is unfair and disrespectful.
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota, which is the union representing 4,000 frontline healthcare workers at eight Allina Health facilities in Minnesota, could go on a week-long strike on May 10 if they don t reach a deal on a new contract.
On Wednesday, workers announced they plan to file a 10-day notice to strike, saying they need a contract that respects us, protects us and pays us. I m ready to strike because I feel like it s a shame our employer isn t willing to see how hard all of us have worked through the pandemic on the front lines. We re being treated like a number, not valued employees, and that feels very disrespectful, Karen Cullen, who has worked in environmental services at Mercy Hospital for more than 16 years, said in an SEIU Heal