More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City go on strike demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing.
January 9, 2023, 10:56 AMNYSNA nurses walk off the job, to go on strike at Mount Sinai Hospital, Jan. 9, 2023 in New York.early Monday morning demanding better pay, better working conditions and more staffing.
Striking union nurses from the New York State Nurses Association walk the picket line outside Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx borough of New York City, Jan. 9, 2023., Montefiore Medical Center said it offered a 19.1% compounded wage increase and promised to create more than 170 new nursing positions ahead of the strike.
Mount Sinai told ABC News in a statement it also offered a 19.1% increased wage proposal but that nurses rejected the offer."Our first priority is the safety of our patients. We're prepared to minimize disruption, and we encourage Mount Sinai nurses to continue providing the world-class care they're known for, in spite of NYSNA's strike," Mount Sinai officials said.
"Gov. Hochul should listen to frontline Covid nurse heroes and respect our federally protected labor and collective bargaining rights," NYSNA said in a. "Nurses don't want to strike. Bosses have pushed us to strike by refusing to seriously consider our proposals to address the desperate crisis of unsafe staffing that harms our patients."
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