Health & Wellness

Largest Ever Nurses' Strike is Underway in the Twin Cities

By Barb Kucera, Workday Minnesota editor--10 June 2010

 

MINNEAPOLIS - The largest nurses’ strike in U.S. history is underway, with members of the Minnesota Nurses Association walking picketlines at 14 Twin Cities hospitals.

 

The walkout by 12,000 nurses started at 7 a.m. at facilities owned by six hospital systems: Health East, Allina, Methodist, Children’s, North Memorial and Fairview. It is scheduled to last one day, concluding at 7 a.m. Friday.

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