Med City Nursing Alliance's silent march in downtown Rochester

May 6—Editor's note: The march started around 6 a.m. and ended just after 6:30 a.m. Check out the Post Bulletin later this morning for more coverage on the event.

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

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

The Rochester Police Department will "provide traffic control for marchers from St Marys Hospital to Peace Plaza on May 6 from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.," according to a Thursday public service announcement from the city of Rochester. MCNA expects at least 200 people to attend the march, according to the permit.

Follow a recap of the march below: