A Minnesota nurses union says it has reached a tentative deal with several Twin Cities health care providers to avert a strike after months of bargaining, but adds the fight continues for its Duluth-area members.

The Minnesota Nurses Association says that nurses in the Twin Cities Metro region have reached a tentative deal with hospital employers after months of bargaining and avoided an Unfair Labor Practices (ULP) strike.

A nurses strike won't take place in the Twin Cities after all, but there's still no deal with Essentia Health in Duluth.