Location: New York
It comes after contract negotiations stalled
at two hospitals over pay and staffing levels
(Nancy Hagans, President, New York State Nurses Association)
"Nurses don't want to fight. We would rather be inside taking care of our patients, but safely, in a safe manner. Not the condition they have been working in for the past five, 10 years. Enough is enough, Sinai. Enough is enough."
The walkout involves 7,000 nurses at
Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx
and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan
Montefiore says the strike has forced them
to reschedule elective surgeries and procedures
The union urges people who are sick to seek care
regardless of concerns over
crossing picket lines of striking nurses
