For any clinic involved in an NLRB election, a union win would mean the MNA would speak on behalf of all nurses in the bargaining unit.

Essentia and the MNA would be required by law to negotiate in good faith with the goal of reaching a contract agreement. But good-faith bargaining doesn’t mean nurses would automatically get more of anything. Through collective bargaining, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment could go up, go down, or stay the same.

If the union is elected, individual department leaders would lose the ability to deal directly with nurses personally as it relates to wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment (e.g., vacation schedules, floating or VTO guidelines, flexible work & scheduling options, etc.).