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The petition for a union election at the Mankato hospital was submitted by nurse Brittany Burgess, who as part of the decertification campaign invited some nurses to the mansion of her stepfather, Republican billionaire Glen Taylor.

Burgess said she is excited to no longer be tied for the Minnesota Nurses Association, which she described as a divisive force in the hospital.

“We work for the top healthcare organization in the world, yet we were continuously being told to not trust our leaders or those that expressed varying opinions from our union representation,” Burgess wrote in a text message. “MNA did little to advance their mission within our community and hear our voices to promote the types of change we need in order to help recruit, retain, and align our practice to better care for our patients.”