Nurses Strike Outside Bronx Montefiore Medical Center
More than 7,000 nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday, January 9, after negotiators failed to reach an agreement over pay and staffing, the New York State Nurses Association said.
“After bargaining late into the night at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospital (main campus) yesterday, no tentative agreements were reached,” the union said. “Today, more than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals are on strike for fair contracts that improve patient care.”
The Mount Sinai Health System in New York said the union’s leadership “walked out of negotiations shortly after 1am ET, refusing to accept the exact same 19.1% increased wage offer agreed to by eight other hospitals, including two other Mount Sinai Health System campuses, and disregarding the governor’s solution to avoid a strike."
Footage by Luigi Morris shows the strike outside Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx on Monday. Credit: Luigi Morris via Storyful
Video transcript
- Want it?
- Now.
- What do we want?
- Safe staffing.
- When do we want it?
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- What do we want?
- Safe staffing.
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- Safe staffing.
- When do we want it?
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[CHATTER]
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[CHATTER]
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- Now.
- What do we want?
- Safe staffing.
- When do we want it?
- Now
- What do we want?
- Safe staffing.
- When do we want it?
- Now.
- What do we want?
- Safe staffing.
- When do we want it?
- Now.
- That's all I got in me.
[CHATTER]
- How soon [INAUDIBLE]? When is the next negotiation? Just every day?
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[CHATTER]
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- Safe staffing. Now.
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