Thursday, June 10, 2010

Nurses are going to strike on Thursday

You are suggested not to go to hospital on June 10 as you are not going to be taken care of by nurses. Where are they? They are going to strike for a salary increase. You can choose to go hospital on Friday, when the strike will end at 7 a.m.

According to reports, nurses from 14 hospitals are going to strike as the Minnesota Nurses Association wants them to fight against hospitals who are increasingly pressured to cut costs. While the hospitals think that they have spent too much on nurses, the nurses though they deserve the pay as they have to work much harder than other kind of employees. Taking care of patients is already a hard job, and living with a reduced pay just makes life even harder.

Reports also pointed out that the strike would be the nation's largest in history as it will involve about 12,000 nurses. The last largest one was in 1997, when about 7,300 California nurses went on strike for two days. The nurses are not required to wear uniform for the strike parade, so you may see some sports fans in Michael Irvin jerseys or other kinds of sports wears there. If you support them you will be welcomed to join the team.

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