Minnesota Nurses Agree to a July 6th Strike Date

MINNEAPOLIS - Thousands of Minnesota nurses say they will go on strike July 6 if they can't reach an agreement with 14 Minneapolis-St. Paul hospitals before then.

The Minnesota Nurses Association says it filed a required 10-day notice Friday after negotiations a day earlier produced no settlement.

The biggest issue is staffing. The nurses are seeking fixed nurse-patient ratios, which hospitals say would be too expensive and wouldn't necessarily make patients safer.

The nurses have already staged a 24-hour walkout earlier this month.

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