End of nursing strike may be near Tuesday, December 14, 2004 2:56 PM EST The end of the more than 2-year-long registered nurses' strike at Northern Michigan Hospital could be near. Today, Tuesday, hospital officials said they received an employee petition, signed by the majority of the nurses in the union bargaining unit, stating: "We Š no longer wish to be represented by, or be members of, the Teamsters Local 406." The petition, legally termed a "self-help petition," was received Monday, according to hospital president and chief executive officer, Tom Mroczkowski. He would not release specific numbers of petition signatories,...