Blog: Med City Nursing Alliance Silent March in Downtown Rochester – Post Bulletin

Editor’s note: The march started around 6 a.m. and ended just after 6:30 a.m. Check the postal bulletin later this morning for more details on the event.

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The Med City Nursing Alliance, an independent effort to unionize nurses at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is holding a silent march on Monday, May 6, 2024, the first day of National Nurses Week.

The march will begin at 6:30 a.m. on the north side of the Mayo Clinic-Saint Marys Hospital campus and progress east along Second Street Southwest, according to event permitting documents shared with the Post Bulletin. The march will end at Peace Plaza near the Methodist Hospital campus.

The Rochester Police Department “will provide traffic control for protesters from St Marys Hospital to Peace Plaza on May 6 from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.,” according to a public service announcement issued Thursday by the City of Rochester. MCNA expects at least 200 people to participate in the march, according to the permit.

Follow a recap of the walk below:

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