Nurses wait in the halls of the Capitol as Minnesota senators try to reach a last-minute deal on a bill aimed at increasing nurse staffing levels on May 22, 2023. Photo by Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer.
Thousands of nurses at dozens of health care facilities in the Twin Cities and Duluth area voted to authorize a strike last week if their union negotiators couldn’t reach a deal with their employers.
After getting permission from their members, union leaders for several hospitals and clinics moved quickly to initiate a strike…