The ULP strike by Essentia Deer River workers has reached 45 days, with both sides expected to meet Wednesday and Thursday.

A strike at Essentia Health’s hospital in Deer River is approaching 40 days, as about 70 nursing assistants, lab technicians and other support workers hold out for better pay and staffing terms. SEIU ...

Workforce shortages and the financial challenges of operating OB units were cited as the main reasons for closures.

Essentia Health and the union representing workers on strike at Essentia-Deer River are headed back to the bargaining table. Around 70 workers from the hospital and nursing home who are part of the ...

Union workers from Essentia’s facility in Deer River, picketed in Duluth on Wednesday. The workers are apart of the Service ...

Missy Rock enjoys her job as a nurse manager on the oncology floor at Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center. She also can use her own experiences as a cancer patient, to help inspire those ...

Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly roundup of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Strike at Essentia’s Deer ...

Essentia Health and SEIU Healthcare MN & IA to resume negotiations as open-ended strike continues. Union represents 70 staff members in skilled roles.

Nearly two weeks into the new year, what is believed to be the first baby of 2025 was born in Carlton County. Eloise Arae Fogt was born on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 5:15 a.m. at Essentia Health in Moose ...

The first baby born at Essentia Health St. Mary's hospital in 2025 was actually supposed to come into the world a week later.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, about 11,500 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and about 4,000 women die.

Health care support workers began an open-ended unfair labor practices strike at Essentia Health's Deer River hospital and nursing home on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo courtesy SEIU Healthcare Minnesota ...