...700 registered nurses went back to the negotiating table with administrators for 12 Twin Cities hospitals Friday. Jan Rabbers, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association, said federal mediators have asked the two sides not to disclose...

...Hospitals and six metro-area temporary staffing agencies, the union said late Friday afternoon. MNA spokeswoman Jan Rabbers told the Associated Press that the nurses union filed the lawsuit Friday with a regional office of the National Labor...

...Contract talks ended late Monday night with nurses expressing dissatisfaction with the salary and benefits proposed. Jan Rabbers, a spokeswoman for the nurses union, said late Tuesday night that the nurses haven't given up on approving the contract...

...Thursday and Friday. But by early Monday, nurses at four hospitals were demanding recounts of their ratification votes. Jan Rabbers, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association, said the vote tally at Abbott Northwestern and Phillips Eye Institute...

...that we don't have any recourse." Some nurses talked of lawsuits and decertifying the MNA, said MNA spokeswoman Jan Rabbers. But the mood calmed later and many nurses turned their anger toward the hospitals, she said. Mark Dixon, Abbott's...

...proposed contract, a union spokeswoman said. More than 80 percent of the 8,800 nurses cast votes Thursday, said Jan Rabbers, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association. "This is a huge stand for patient and nursing care," Rabbers...

...as about 7,700 nurses moved closer to a June 1 strike. "The hospitals' proposals are far from adequate," said Jan Rabbers, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association. Rabbers said the two sides, which stopped negotiating about 9...

...remain on the job even though they may have rejected a tentative contract by one vote, union officials said Tuesday. Jan Rabbers, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association, said union officials discovered during a third recount of votes...

...years plus longevity bonuses, improvement on shift differentials and parity on health insurance, said MNA spokeswoman Jan Rabbers. "The nurses are going to stay on take care of those kids," Rabbers said. Earlier this week, 12 Twin Cities hospitals...

...Northwestern Hospital and the Phillips Eye Institute had demanded recounts of their votes ratifying new contract agreements. Jan Rabbers, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Nurses Association, said the vote tally was "in doubt" Monday after four recounts...