Minn. nurses approve deal, averting strike A contentious contract battle between Twin Cities nurses and 14 metro-area hospitals has ended, with nurses voting overwhelmingly to approve a new labor agreement.July 7, 2010
Nurses win on one big contract issue -- their pension plan While the nurses union gave ground on wage increases in their contract talks with Twin Cities hospitals, and didn't get the fixed staffing levels they wanted, they did win on one issue -- keeping their pension plan as is.July 6, 2010
Nurses expected to approve new contract Twin Cities nurses have until 10 p.m. tonight to cast their ballots on a new labor contract. The Minnesota nurses union expects members to ratify the tentative contract, which was reached with 14 metro hospitals last week.July 6, 2010
Q&A: Dan McElroy on emergency unemployment benefits Dan McElroy, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, spoke with MPR's Tom Crann about how the unemployment benefit system works. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation.July 2, 2010
Health care reform played a role in nurses talks On Tuesday, 12,000 Twin Cities nurses will vote on a hard-fought contract deal with area hospitals and the impact of health care reform was a major, but largely hidden factor, in the negotiation talks.July 2, 2010
Nurses have mixed reactions to contract deal Twin Cities nurses are expressing a wide variety of reactions to the agreement announced Thursday between union negotiators and fourteen hospitals.July 2, 2010
Despite compromises, nurses say agreement sends a deep message Hospitals and Twin Cities nurses have avoided a strike set for next Tuesday, and they say that may be the biggest victory that comes out of yesterday's tentative contract settlement.July 2, 2010
Northwest Airlines union seeks vote at Delta The union for thousands of ground workers at
the old Northwest Airlines says it will ask for a vote at Delta,
now that election rules have been changed in a way that favors the
union.July 1, 2010
Nurses reject hospitals' offer; strike preparations continue The Minnesota Nurses Association has rejected an offer by 14 Twin Cities hospitals that would have restored nurses' full pension benefits and set up a working group to address some of their staffing concerns.June 30, 2010
1984: Talking about a nurses strike 26 years ago A labor dispute between Twin Cities hospitals and nurses led to a one-day strike and the threat of a longer walkout. The animosity between the caregivers and their employers echoed a Minnesota nurses strike in 1984. In this archival audio, Curt Johnson of the Citizens League gives his thoughts about the '84 strike.June 30, 2010
Nurses file strike notice after talks stall The Minnesota Nurses Association say they filed a ten-day strike notice. Unless the labor dispute is resolved, the strike would begin on Tuesday, July 6.June 24, 2010
Minn. nurses approve second strike at 14 hospitals Minnesota nurses who walked out for one day
earlier this month voted overwhelmingly Monday to authorize an
open-ended strike on 14 hospitals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.June 22, 2010