Thousands of Nurses Strike in Minnesota

Thousands of nurses in Minneapolis and St. Paul walked off the job today in what union organizers there call the largest nursing strike in U.S. history. About 12,000 nurses from the Minnesota Nurses Association are expected to walk picket lines today in front of 14 different hospitals in the Twin Cities. At least 4,000 nurses were already on the lines last this morning, union spokesman John Nemo said. The strike, he said, will last until 7 a.m. Friday morning, when the nurses will report back...Full Story