US EditionThousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals
The strike by nearly 15,000 nurses demands better staffing, health benefits, and workplace violence protections amid stalled contract talks, marking NYC's largest nurses walkout.
- On Monday, nearly 15,000 nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association walked off the job after their contract expired on December 31 at five privately run hospitals including Mount Sinai Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian.
- Bargaining collapsed around core issues of safe staffing, health-care benefits and workplace violence after months of talks, with NYSNA accusing Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian of refusing progress and threatening benefit cuts.
- Union leaders warned `These wealthy hospitals are pushing to cut health benefits for nurses who put their own health on the line to care for New Yorkers during this historic flu surge`, Hagans said, as nurses at Mount Sinai began striking at 6 a.m. and others followed at 7 a.m. We will provide an update during the 10 a.m. news conference.
- Hospital systems said they would maintain patient care and keep facilities open, calling the strike `reckless` and accusing nurses of abandoning patients while taking steps to support patients.
- State and city officials mobilized as the walkout began, with Governor Kathy Hochul declaring a state of emergency, deploying Department of Health staff, and Northwell hospitals reaching separate deals to avert strikes.
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Thousands of nurses in three New York City hospital systems went on strike on Monday after negotiations over the weekend failed to make progress in their contractual disputes. “Standing nurses! Fair contract now!” shouted on a picket in front of the campus of the New York Presbyterian Hospital in Upper Manhattan. Other pickets were held in several hospitals in Mount Sinai and Montefiore systems. Some 15,000 nurses took part in the strike, accord…
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NY Daily NewsNearly 15,000 NYC nurses walk off job to strike for higher pay, better working conditions
Nearly 15,000 nurses from some of the city’s leading hospitals went on strike early Monday, with labor and management unable to reach a deal that would pay nurses more, provide better security and ensure minimum staffing. A spokesperson for Mount Sinai said talks failed because of the nurses’ “extreme economic demands.” Other hospitals affected by the strike include New York-Presbyterian and Montefiore Medical Center. The strike follows Gov. Ho…
More than 15,000 nurses and technicians at three hospital systems in New York City went on strike today.
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