Nursing home workers launch strike across Twin Cities facilities

Source: MPR News

Erica Zurek
April 20, 2026 4:08 PM

Nursing home workers at five metro-area facilities began a three-day strike on Monday in response to what they say are unfair labor practices. The strike involves nursing homes, Cerenity Care at Humboldt and four affiliated Monarch Healthcare Management facilities, the company that operates The Estates.

To kick off the strike, nursing home workers and their supporters held a rally outside The Estates of St. Louis Park and Yona.

Over 300 members of the SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa union voted to strike, demanding higher wages, improved benefits and safer staffing levels, which they said are contributing to a growing workforce shortage.

Yankuba Fadera, SEIU’s lead organizer for nursing home workers’ bargaining teams, said that employees at each facility want staffing shortages to be addressed.



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