Here are four things to know about the contract.
1. Workers covered by the contract include physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and behavioral health therapists.
2. The 11-member bargaining unit at the health center is the first such bargaining unit in Minnesota to include physicians and mid-level healthcare providers as union members, according to the report.
3. Emily Onello, MD, one of three physicians in the group, told Labor World physicians under this new contract ultimately want to have a seat at the table and a voice in the workplace.
4. The contract for the physicians and their colleagues runs through 2018.
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