If no deal is reached, nurses at 14 hospitals will go on strike for 20 days. But at two hospitals, nurses have chosen to strike with no set end date.
The Minnesota Nurses Association on Thursday held a news conference to discuss the union's decision to strike at hospitals in the Twin Cities and northern Minnesota.
Nurses at Twin Cities hospitals and Essentia Health plan to strike through 7 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31. However, nurses at St. Luke's in Duluth and at Lake View in Two Harbors have chosen to strike with no predetermined end date. Nurses say they're overworked, under-appreciated, and watching their colleagues leave the profession in droves.
After eight months of negotiating with hospital executives, union leaders say it's time to show their employers just how serious they are. "Because I know where our power lies. And the only power we have is 15,000 nurses standing together for our patients. That's the only power that we have as workers. So I have my hopes, but I am not one to assume," said Mary Turner president of the Minnesota Nurses Association. Nurses at the following hospitals plan to go on strike if a deal isn't reached: Essentia Health St.
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