DULUTH — Essentia Health has reached a tentative contract agreement with acute care hospital nurses in the Twin Ports, averting a strike that was set to begin next week.

On the brink of a strike, nurses at one Duluth hospital reach tentative agreement originally appeared on Bring Me The News. For the third time this week, the Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) has announced a tentative agreement between nurses and one of the many hospitals with which they have been negotiating.

A Minnesota nurses union says it has reached a tentative deal with several Twin Cities health care providers to avert a strike after months of bargaining, but adds the fight continues for its Duluth-area members.