Nurses return to work in US state of Minnesota after 3-day strike

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Thousands of nurses with a union in the U.S. state of Minnesota returned to work on Thursday after a three-day strike.

The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) said the strike, taken part in by 15,000 nurses, is believed to be the largest of its kind in U.S. history.

"When our executives refuse to fully staff our hospitals and continue to push nurses out of the profession, that is a public health crisis," MNA President Mary Turner said in a statement.

Nurses, according to Turner, stand ready to return to the bargaining table next week.

Nurses associated with the Minnesota union have been bargaining for six months over new contracts, seeking changes to address the situation of understaffing and retention in the hospitals.

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