Nurses say they proved their point, return to work

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4515

11 June 2010

ST. PAUL - Their final hours of picketing marked by downpours and lightning, Twin Cities nurses ended their one-day strike at 7 a.m. Friday.
The walkout at 14 metro-area hospitals was the largest nursing strike in U.S. history.

Minnesota Nurses Association spokesman John Nemo said the workers proved their point when hospitals were forced to raise staffing levels to maintain care with replacement nurses.

"Absolutely, I think we achieved our goal by causing maximum impact on the hospitals with minimum impact on patients and the community," Nemo told the Associated Press.

As the strike ended, nurses and hospitals were sorting out when the striking nurses would return to work, with some facilities saying they might turn away some workers due to low patient loads.

On the MNA Facebook page, some nurses reported they were told to go home when they reported for work at 7 a.m. Friday.

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