New York — Thousands of nurses in New York City are scheduled to return to picket lines on Tuesday Their strike The targeting of some of the city’s leading hospital systems has entered its second day.
The exit that comes through Severe flu seasonwhich involved approximately 15,000 nurses spread across several private hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Affected hospitals have hired large numbers of temporary nurses to try to fill the labor gap. Both nurses and hospital administrators urged patients not to avoid care during the strike.
The labor action comes three years after A Similar strike Medical facilities were forced to transfer some patients and divert ambulances.
As with Labor Action of 2023, nurses have done just that He pointed to staffing issues As a major flashpoint, medical centers with large budgets are accused of refusing to adhere to safe and manageable workload provisions.
Private, non-profit hospitals participating in the current negotiations say they have made great strides in staffing in recent years, and describe the union’s demands as prohibitively expensive.
On Monday, the city’s new mayor, Zahran Mamdani, stood alongside nurses on a picket line outside New York Presbyterian, praising union members for seeking “the dignity, respect, wages and fair treatment they deserve.”