The group of 14 hospitals said it would accept an offer from the Minnesota Nurses Association to resume negotiations, but only if the union pledges not to strike before July 31. In return, the hospitals said they will not lock out any nurses.
The MNA has not yet responded to the hospitals’ proposal, which resulted from letters sent Tuesday, in which the union asked the six hospital systems to come back to the table.
“The union wishes to avoid a continued standoff and, therefore, we again reiterate our desire to return to the bargaining table to pursue meaningful negotiations,” MNA negotiators wrote, adding they would be available to bargain in the days after the strike vote and prior to the submission of an intent to strike. By law, the nurses must give 10 days’ notice before a walkout.
The MNA is conducting informational sessions with members this week at various sites, with the strike vote scheduled Monday at the MNA offices in St. Paul and Park Center Senior High School in Brooklyn Park.
Some 12,000 registered nurses engaged in a 24-hour walkout June 10 over the issues of safe staffing and quality patient care. It was the largest nursing strike in U.S. history.
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The group of 14 hospitals said it would accept an offer from the Minnesota Nurses Association to resume negotiations, but only if the union pledges not to strike before July 31. In return, the hospitals said they will not lock out any nurses.
The MNA has not yet responded to the hospitals’ proposal, which resulted from letters sent Tuesday, in which the union asked the six hospital systems to come back to the table.
“The union wishes to avoid a continued standoff and, therefore, we again reiterate our desire to return to the bargaining table to pursue meaningful negotiations,” MNA negotiators wrote, adding they would be available to bargain in the days after the strike vote and prior to the submission of an intent to strike. By law, the nurses must give 10 days’ notice before a walkout.
The MNA is conducting informational sessions with members this week at various sites, with the strike vote scheduled Monday at the MNA offices in St. Paul and Park Center Senior High School in Brooklyn Park.
Some 12,000 registered nurses engaged in a 24-hour walkout June 10 over the issues of safe staffing and quality patient care. It was the largest nursing strike in U.S. history.