After two years of negotiations 600 union doctors and other primary care providers with Allina have voted overwhelmingly to support going on strike.
Dr. Matt Hoffman is a family medical physician and part of the bargaining team.
“We’re not filing a 10 day notice now,” says Hoffman “but are willing to do so depending on Alina’s engagement with us.”
Cora Walsh is a family medicine physician and member of the bargaining team and says there are still big issues to resolve with the intended goal of preventing burnout.
I went into family medicine envisioning a career where I would watch the babies I delivered grow into adults and maybe even get to see them have their own children.” says Walsh, “ “Careers with this longevity are at risk due to the unsustainable demands of primary care.”
Allina doctors held their first ever one day strike last fall.
The two sides meet again on March 16th. Doctors say while they have reached agreements with Allina in several areas.
