Thousands of Minnesota nurses launch 3-day strike over pay
In Minnesota thousands of nurses launched a three-day strike on Monday, pressing for salary increases by resolving understaffing stresses that have worsened in the coronavirus pandemic they say will help improve patient care. Some 15,000 nurses and Duluth areas walked out in Minneapolis at seven health care systems, the largest strike ever by private-sector nurses, a number the union says. They have recruited temporary nurses and expected to maintain most services, said by the affected hospitals. Outside Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis scores of nurses began walking the picket line at 7 a.m., one of 15 hospitals affected. With such slogans as, “Something’s got to give,” several said their chief concern was patient safety Clad in the red T-shirts of the Minnesota Nurses Association and carrying signs. Tracey Dittrich, 50, for nearly 24 years a registered nurse at the hospital, said that the nurses are tired of “hospital administrators and managers that are telling us to do more...