CBS News reports the potential for a major Nurses’ Strike in New York City is growing by the minute, after major hospitals and the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) failed to negotiate new contracts before Sunday’s midnight deadline. As a result, nearly 15,000 Nurses are slated to walk off the job today (Monday, January 12th) at Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. NYSNA Representatives said a Strike would begin at 6 a.m. at Mount Sinai and 7 a.m. at other facilities that do not have a new contract in place. NYSNA has said the key sticking points in negotiations with Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian involve wage increases, health benefits, protection from workplace violence and safe staffing and patient safety. “Instead of guaranteeing health care for Nurses, these wealthy hospitals are pushing to cut health benefits for Nurses who put their own health on the line to care for New Yorkers,” NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said over the weekend.
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