Primary results + nursing home workers strike
| | Biden, Trump prevail in Minnesota while facing deep cracks in their party bases |
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won presidential primary elections Tuesday in Minnesota that highlighted fissures both face within their parties as the country moves toward a rematch of the 2020 race.
Biden received 70 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary while Trump received 69 percent in the Republican primary.
While Biden dealt Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips a loss in his home state — Phillips got about 8 percent — it was the vote for no one at all that speaks louder.
The push to get people to mark “uncommitted” attracted nearly 19 percent of the vote. That showing statewide along with stronger results in urban congressional districts will result in some delegates to the Democratic National Convention that won’t be bound to Biden. | |
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| | Around 1,000 nursing home workers strike for higher pay, better working conditions |
The Service Employees International Union estimates about 1,000 nurses and employees from a dozen nursing home facilities in the state went on a one-day, Unfair Labor Practice strike Tuesday.
Jamie Gulley, president of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa, said it’s the largest nursing home strike in state history.
“We have been working short, too long. We worked through the pandemic, and we were essential and we expect to be paid and respected for the work that we have done for this community and for the residents every single day,” Gulley said. | |
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