"Thousands of New York City nurses were set to return to the picket lines Tuesday as their strike targeting some of the city's leading hospital systems entered its second day.The walkout, which comes during a severe flu season, involved roughly 15,000 nurses spread out across multiple private hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai hospital.The affected hospitals have hired droves of temporary nurses to try to fill the labor gap."
"Both nurses and hospital administrators have urged patients not to avoid getting care during the strike.The labor action comes three years after a similar strike forced medical facilities to transfer some patients and divert ambulances.As with the 2023 labor action, nurses have pointed to staffing issues as a major flashpoint, accusing the big-budget medical centers of refusing to commit to provisions for manageable, safe workloads.The private, nonprofit hospitals involved in the current negotiations say they've made strides in staffing in recent years,"
Thousands of New York City nurses launched a multi-hospital strike entering its second day, involving roughly 15,000 staff at private institutions including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia, Montefiore, and Mount Sinai. The walkout occurred during a severe flu season, prompting hospitals to hire many temporary nurses to cover gaps and urging patients not to avoid care. Nurses cited unsafe workloads and accused large medical centers of refusing to commit to manageable staffing provisions. Private nonprofit hospitals said staffing has improved and described union demands as prohibitively expensive. The city's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, joined a picket and praised nurses' calls for dignity, respect, fair pay, and treatment.
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