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• Nurses vote whether to strike; counting continues
  Nurses have finished voting on whether to give their union the authority to call another strike on 14 Twin Cities hospitals. The polls closed at 8:30 p.m. at locations in Brooklyn Park and St. Paul. Results of the voting are still being tabulated Monday night.June 21, 2010
• Forget a pay raise; just help us care for patients safely
  One nurse offers her view of what the potential strike is about.June 18, 2010
• Complex union fight playing out in old Mpls. restaurant
  At Murray's Restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, a complicated labor dynamic has emerged that involves the owners of the restaurant, the union representing workers there, and a warring restaurant staff.June 18, 2010
• Twin Cities Hospitals willing to return to bargaining table
  Twin Cities Hospitals said Thursday they're willing to return to the bargaining table with the nurses union -- under certain conditions. The hospitals say they'll return to negotiations if the union agrees to a "no lockout, no strike" pledge through July 31.June 17, 2010
• Stillwater: Iconic lift bridge hums right along
  The Stillwater Lift Bridge hums, creaks and clangs as it goes up and down over the St. Croix River. Bridge tender Mike Byard loves every sound.June 17, 2010
• Race and unemployment
  A new report indicates that the Twin Cities has the second highest rate of black unemployment among large metropolitan areas in the U.S, and that blacks in the Twin Cities are more than three times as likely to be unemployed as whites. While the recession has played a role, some say the study confirms what they have long witnessed.Midmorning, June 14, 2010
• After the nurses strike, what's next?
  Nurses are back on the job in the Twin Cities, after 12,000 of them walked the picket lines Thurday in a one-day protest against stalled contract negotiations. But those contract talks don't appear headed toward a resolution.June 11, 2010
• Issues remain after nurses strike
  Twin Cities nurses are expected to return to work Friday after participating in the largest nurses strike in the country's history.June 11, 2010
• Nurses' strike is one symptom of a deeper problem
  There is a lot of money in the health business, but resources at the level of patient care are stretched dangerously thin.June 11, 2010
• The state of the labor union
  The nurses' one-day strike made history for its size. Professionals like nurses are why unions have seen some growth, while the membership in traditional trade unions has declined. And budget deficits at the state and federal levels may create even less bargaining room for public employee union members like teachers.Midmorning, June 11, 2010
• Video: Nurse steps from hospital ward onto picket line
  Brittany Christianson is participating in Minnesota's largest nurses' strike. Her emotions range from nervous to excited to sad. The 24-hour work stoppage means she'll be turning her patients over to a non-union, replacement nurse.June 10, 2010
• Supervisor fills in for striking nurses
  Polly Groshens is a clinical director at Woodwinds Health Campus in Woodbury, Minn. On the day of the work stoppage, she filled in for striking nurses at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood.June 10, 2010
• Hospitals: Surgeries, births going smoothly during strike
  Hospital officials said Thursday that surgeries, childbirths and other procedures were taking place as expected at 14 Twin Cities hospitals while their nurses picketed outside.June 10, 2010
• MPR health reporter on looming nurses strike
  MPR health correspondent Lorna Benson joins Midday to discuss the nurses strike that is scheduled to begin Thursday at 7 a.m. The strike would last 24 hours and involve 14 metro-area hospitals.Midday, June 9, 2010
• Twin Cities hospitals prepare for nurses' walkout
  Hospitals have been advertising for replacement nurses for months. They haven't released any details yet on how many nurses they have recruited, but hospitals have said that their staffing will be sufficient to provide critical care.June 8, 2010

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