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Nearly 15,000 walk off the job as biggest nurses' strike in NYC history begins
Nearly 15,000 walk off the job as biggest nurses' strike in NYC history begins
By Eyewitness News
Updated 1 hour ago
Kemberly Richardson reports on the strike.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Nearly 15,000 nurses across New York City are now on strike as of Monday morning after no agreement was reached ahead of the deadline for contract negotiations. ... It is the largest nurses' strike in NYC's history.
The hospital locations impacted by the strike include Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, Montefiore Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Their contract expired on December 31. The union says it wants higher pay, an increase in staff to manage patients, fully funded benefits and better workplace protections against violence for its members.
At 6 a.m. Monday, waves of nurses walked off the job -- raising their voices in the dark, banging drums and blowing whistles.
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By Eyewitness News
Updated 1 hour ago
Kemberly Richardson reports on the strike.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Nearly 15,000 nurses across New York City are now on strike as of Monday morning after no agreement was reached ahead of the deadline for contract negotiations. ... It is the largest nurses' strike in NYC's history.
The hospital locations impacted by the strike include Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, Montefiore Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Their contract expired on December 31. The union says it wants higher pay, an increase in staff to manage patients, fully funded benefits and better workplace protections against violence for its members.
At 6 a.m. Monday, waves of nurses walked off the job -- raising their voices in the dark, banging drums and blowing whistles.
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