Nurses authorize a strike against 13 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth

Nearly three years after coming to what was called an historic agreement that averted a walkout, members of the Minnesota Nurses Association are at the brink again.

The union of 15,000 from 13 Minnesota hospitals voted on Monday to authorize a strike, the results of the polling announced Tuesday morning.

“It’s hard to believe that we’re here, facing this situation again,” said Sydney Pederson, who’s a registered nurse at Cedar Riverside and has been involved in more than half-a-dozen contract cycles…

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