It has already happened in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro. Now Duluth is in the midst of a nurses strike.
Nurses in Duluth voted overwhelmingly to reject a new labor contract, setting the stage for a 24-hour strike.
More than 90 percent of nurses who voted from St. Mary’s Medical Center and SMDC Medical Center, and more than 86 percent of those from St. Luke’s Hospital voted to reject the contract offer primarily because it did not include language that would allow them to close a unit to new admissions if they felt overwhelmed.
Again, the issue appears to be faulty staffing (nurse:patient) ratios. | LINK
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