Nurses at 5 Minneapolis-area hospitals begin week-long strike

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — About 4,800 nurses at five Minneapolis-area hospitals have begun a week-long strike over a contract impasse.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association members began striking at 7 a.m. Sunday at hospitals operated by Allina Health — Abbott Northwestern in Minneapolis, Mercy in Coon Rapids, United in St. Paul, Unity in Fridley, and the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis.
The main dispute is over Allina’s effort to switch union nurses to the same health ins