Duluth, Minn., nurses reject contract, OK strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - Nurses at two hospital systems in the northeast Minnesota city of Duluth have rejected new contracts and voted to authorize a one-day strike.

The Minnesota Nurses Association said 90 percent of nurses from St. Mary's-Duluth Clinic who voted rejected the contract and voted for a strike. The union says more than 86 percent of St. Luke's Hospital nurses voted the same way.

Staffing levels are a key sticking point. The disputes are similar to what prompted a one-day strike in the Twin Cities in June.

The union represents 900 nurses at St. Mary's and 400 at St. Luke's.

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[GreenTea]

1. Cheers to nurses!! Don't let the corporate fuckers push you around & try to break your union -

As ALL republican push hard to see happen!

[midnight]

2. Once again, my heart is with the nurses. I bet staffing is an issue.

They don't even get to sit down and eat on some shifts. Go Nurses!

[John Q. Citizen]

3. Come on ST Mary and St Luke! Get real and staff appropriately.