It’s being billed as the biggest nursing strike in this country’s history, and, based upon the overwhelming rejection of Twin Cities nurses of their current pay and benefit structure, it may occur.

“The nurses have stood up like never before and cast a historic vote for patient safety,” said John Nemo, spokesman for the Minnesota Nurses Association.

…which has been the general message of nursing, who say that most Twin Cities hospitals that employ them are not guaranteeing ideal staffing situations which ensure patient safety. They accuse the hospitals of using recession-speak to maintain minimum staffing arrangements across most acute hospital care units. Hospitals say nursing demands are “unreasonable” and that they are “well compensated” and have current contractual stipulations in place that allow for incremental payraises and benefit promotion. June 1 is the scheduled 1-day walkout date. Next move is the hospitals’. | LINK

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