Allina Healthcare doctors, physicians assistants and nurse practitioners could strike next month if they can’t come to a contract agreement with their employer.

On Friday, Doctors Council SEIU announced plans for a one-day Unfair Labor Practice strike on Nov. 5 if an agreement isn’t reached during upcoming bargaining sessions.

The union represents more than 600 Allina doctors, physicians’ assistants and nurse practitioners at 61 clinics.

The council voted to unionize in 2023, making it the largest private-sector doctor's union in the United States.

Since February 2024, the union says its been involved in 50 bargaining sessions with Allina to work out its first contract.

During those sessions, Dr. Nick VenOsdel, a pediatrician at Allina’s Hastings clinic, claims Allina had refused to n

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