Since mid-March, more than 12,000 Minnesota nurses have been locked in contract negotiations with six different Twin Cities hospital systems representing 14 hospitals. After voting just eleven days ago to authorize a strike, these nurses are conducting a one-day strike today to stand up for safe staffng levels that will improve the quality of patient care.
The work stoppage is said to be the largest nursing-related strike in U.S. history in terms of the number of nurses involved. Watch a video on why the Minnesota Nursing Association (MNA) members rejected the hospital administrators' contract proposal:
* See live updates and photos from today's strike on the MNA Facebook page here. They are also live tweeting the strike action.
To view the SEIU Nurse Alliance Resolution of Support, click here.
