This story is part of a series by MinnPost reporter Matthew Blake on Minnesota efforts to stabilize its nursing home workforce, which has long struggled with high turnover. Part one looks at the state’s plan and the pushback to it from nursing home operators. Part two looks at the exhausting work performed by nursing home employees, and part three delves into nursing homes’ complicated financial situations.

For organized labor in Minnesota, the 2023 legislative session was a rousing success. Unions worked closely with the Tim Walz administration and a DFL-controlled legislature on high-profile accomplishments, like the creation of a state paid family and medical leave program.

There were also less obvious goals, like a new part of the state government dedicated exclusively to the conditi

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