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June 21, 2010 10:46 AM

Stakes high in nurse strike vote

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Nurses line up to vote — Nurses lined up to vote 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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Nurses from 14 metro area hospitals have begun voting on whether to authorize a second strike. Some 12,000 Twin Cities nurses walked off the job on June 10 in a one-day strike. Today's vote would authorize a longer, open-ended strike.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with professor John Remington who teaches about labor relations at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.

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Nurses line up to vote — Nurses lined up to vote 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.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

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