Hundreds of nurses returned to work Thursday at Minnesota hospitals following a three-day strike over wage will increase and staffing and retention made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses’ Affiliation at 15 hospitals within the Minneapolis and Duluth areas walked off the job Monday. Nurses might quickly study what affect the strike could have had on efforts to achieve a brand new contract.
The Twin Cities Hospitals Group stated in an announcement Thursday that negotiators have been anticipated to return to talks someday subsequent week.
Some 15,000 nurses at seven healthcare techniques within the Minneapolis and Duluth areas walked out, a quantity the union says makes it the biggest strike ever by private-sector nurses. The affected hospitals recruited non permanent nurses to cowl for placing union members.
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The hospitals have supplied a 10-12% wage improve over three years, however nurses are searching for greater than 30%. Hospital leaders known as their wage calls for unaffordable, noting that Allina and Fairview hospitals have posted working losses and that the price of such sharp wage will increase could be handed alongside to sufferers.
The hospitals affected by the strike are operated by Allina Well being, M Well being Fairview, Youngsters’s Hospital, North Memorial and HealthPartners. In Duluth, it’s Essentia and St Luke’s.
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