The union representing striking Allina Health nurses said the workers are slated to vote Monday on the Minneapolis-based health system's last offer, reports Star Tribune.
"The negotiating team is not making a recommendation on the proposal," the statement from the Minnesota Nurses Association reads, according to the report.
The vote is scheduled to take place at sites near Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis, United Hospital in St. Paul, Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids and Unity Hospital in Fridley, according to the union. All of these Minnesota facilities have been affected by the open-ended strike that began on Labor Day.
Ultimately, nurses will decide to accept the offer to end the four-week strike or reject it and extend the strike, the report states. The strike was nearing a state record 1984 strike, when nurses in the Twin Cities walked off the job for 38 days.
Negotiations, which have centered on the nurses' health plans, resumed Tuesday. The discussions continued throughout this week.
WCCO notes that the vote couldn't take place Friday because once an agreement was reached, Allina had to give the union at least 24 hours before the vote can take place.
If there is a majority vote, the MNA will meet with Allina on a strike settlement agreement, including on how to return to work, according to the Star Tribune. If the vote rejects the offer, the union statement said it will return negotiators to the table "at a later date," the publication states.