On June 19th, 4,800 members of The Minnesota Nurses Association went on strike over failure to agree upon a new three-year contract for the nurses. These nurses are employees at five hospitals operated by Allina Health. On Sunday, the thousands employees returned to work after seven days on strike. Despite their decision to return to work, a union representative has said that the employees feel even less confident that they will be able to agree on a contract. Allina was forced to hire 1,400 temporary workers in order to maintain normal operations during the strike.
See "Minneapolis Area Nurses Back to Work Following Strike", ABC News, June 27, 2016