organization
Minnesota Nurses Association
website url
https://mnnurses.org
tag names
Public Health, Community Organizing
description
The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) is a labor union and professional association that represents nurses in Minnesota and the surrounding Midwest region. It organizes nurses, negotiates collective bargaining agreements and contracts to secure wages, job protections and retirement benefits, and supports union formation at health care facilities. MNA provides member services including a Member Center for event registration, contract review, membership management and discounts.
MNA conducts advocacy and legislative work on nursing practice and patient safety, including lobbying at the state capitol and public campaigns asserting "patients before profits." It offers continuing education, training and events for members, publishes news and reports (press releases, a magazine, podcasts), and provides tools for documenting and reporting unsafe staffing—such as an Assignment Despite Objection (ADO) form—to address unsafe working conditions at the bedside.
entity structure secondary
detailnotes
Nurse labor union and professional association Topics: union organizing, collective bargaining and contracts, nursing advocacy, safe staffing and Assignment Despite Objection reporting, legislative and policy lobbying, continuing education and events, member services and benefits, news and publications