Nurses voting on new contract
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Some 12,000 registered nurses employed at 14 Twin Cities hospitals are voting on a new contract Tuesday that would wrap up a prolonged negotiations process that included a one-day strike.
Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/bargaining/page/15/)
Some 12,000 registered nurses employed at 14 Twin Cities hospitals are voting on a new contract Tuesday that would wrap up a prolonged negotiations process that included a one-day strike.
Union activists in the Twin Cities are helping workers on strike in upstate New York spread the word: There’s something rotten at Mott’s.
The standoff between 14 Twin Cities hospitals and their union nurses appeared over Thursday, when negotiators on both sides agreed to a tentative contract settlement, narrowly avoiding a work stoppage scheduled for Tuesday.
Nurses will gather at St. Paul’s Midway Stadium Monday on the eve of a potential strike against 14 Twin Cities hospitals. Unlike a one-day walkout June 10, this strike would be open-ended.
A statement issued by the MN Nurses Association stated that "zero progress" was made on Thursday. They plan to file a 10-day strike notice today.
The day after Twin Cities nurses voted to authorize an open-ended strike, the Minnesota Nurses Association and six hospital systems agreed to return to the bargaining table.
Teamsters Local 120 members employed at SuperValu’s flagship distribution center in Hopkins have ratified a new three-year contract by a 15-1 margin.
With Twin Cities nurses set to vote Monday whether to authorize an open-ended strike, hospitals say they will agree to return to the bargaining table – but with conditions.
The Minnesota Nurses Association, alleging four hospitals illegally locked out nurses after their one-day strike, filed unfair labor practice charges Friday with the National Labor Relations Board.
Their final hours of picketing marked by downpours and lightning, Twin Cities nurses ended their one-day strike at 7 a.m. Friday.