A three-day strike that led some 15,000 Minnesota nurses to walk off the job over stalled contract negotiations with hospitals came to an end today. There are no signs the two sides are any closer to a resolution than when the strike began.
The big picture:It remains to be seen whether the public pressure from the action, which organizers say was one of the largest nurses' strikes in U.S. history, moves the needle.Nurses want 30% pay raises over three years and commitments on staffing and retention practices. Hospitals, which have offered closer to 10%, say the proposals are unworkable and unaffordable.Union leaders said Wednesday that they won't drop their demands for higher pay and more say in staffing.
"We don't have any alternative but to go into round two of this war," Minnesota Nurses Association President Mary C. Turner told reporters yesterday. "And that's what I call it, because we're fighting for our very existence."When asked if "round two" meant a second strike, Turner quipped: "I'm not going to answer that, sir, that's not legal.
No talks had been confirmed as of last night, but a MNA spokesperson said nurses "stand ready to get back to negotiations."
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