Nurses vote on authorizing open-ended strike
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A ballot is placed in a ballot box at the Minnesota Nurses Association headquarters in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, June 21, 2010. The 12,000 nurses representing 14 Twin Cities hospitals are voting today to authorize an open-ended strike.
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Thousands of nurses are voting today on whether to stage a second walkout at Twin Cities hospitals. The vote follows a one-day strike against a half dozen hospital groups on June 10. Today, nurses are voting on an open-ended strike as part of their labor impasse with the hospitals. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio reporter Tim Nelson, who talked from the nurses union headquarters in St. Paul.
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