Biomaterial Database

Nurses' strikes: a profession maturing. 1990

B LeTourneau, and L Hybben

Unity Medical Center, Fridley, MN.

Very few metropolitan areas have experienced nurses' strikes. Even fewer have contended with a second potential strike and aveted it. The Twin Cities experienced a nurses' strike in 1984. In May 1989, a similar strike was threatened. An agreement was reached less than 48 hours before the strike vote. This article analyzes the changes that occurred between the two strikes.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008910	Minnesota	State bordered on the north by Canada, on the east by Lake Superior and Wisconsin, on the south by Iowa, and on the west by North Dakota and South Dakota.
D009741	Nursing Staff, Hospital	Personnel who provide nursing service to patients in a hospital.	Hospital Nursing Staff,Hospital Nursing Staffs,Nursing Staffs, Hospital,Staff, Hospital Nursing,Staffs, Hospital Nursing
D010557	Personnel Administration, Hospital	Management activities concerned with hospital employees.	Hospital Personnel Administration,Personnel Management, Hospital,Personnel, Hospital, Organization and Administration,Administration, Hospital Personnel,Hospital Personnel Management,Hospital Personnel Organization and Administration,Management, Hospital Personnel
D003098	Collective Bargaining	The process of negotiation between representatives of an employee organization, association or union, and representatives of the employer.	Bargaining, Collective,Bargainings, Collective,Collective Bargainings
D012456	Salaries and Fringe Benefits	The remuneration paid or benefits granted to an employee.	Fringe Benefits,Wages,Paternity Benefits,Pay Equity,Salaries,Benefit, Fringe,Benefit, Paternity,Benefits, Fringe,Benefits, Paternity,Equities, Pay,Equity, Pay,Fringe Benefit,Paternity Benefit,Pay Equities,Salary,Wage
D013317	Strikes, Employee	Work-related situations in which the employees as a group refuse to work until certain conditions of employment are granted by the employer.	Employee Strikes,Strikes,Employee Strike,Strike,Strike, Employee