Higher pay, fewer hours: 'Amazing gains' for union employees at Saint Marys Hospital (1,800 union-represented employees)

Arbitrator's ruling sets up pay raises, new overtime caps for 1,800 workers at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys.



By Jeff Pieters
April 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM

ROCHESTER — Some 1,800 union-represented employees, including 1,600 frontline health care workers at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys have something to celebrate: their first scheduled pay raises in nearly two years.

On Friday, a three-member arbitration board announced its ruling, setting terms of a three-year contract for those workers, represented by SEIU Healthcare MN & IA. It features pay raises of at least 16.5% over the life of the contract and includes a minimum $20 hourly wage — something that Mayo now also offers to its non-union employees.

In addition, the union workers will receive retroactive pay for those raises dating back to April 23, 2024, when their last negotiated contract expired. In some individual cases, the back pay will amount to as much as $10,000, according to the union.

SEIU representatives and members announced the new contract in a press event Saturday morning outside of Saint Marys.

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