US EditionA Young Cancer Patient and His Family Worry Nearly a Month Into New York City Nurses’ Strike
- Thousands of New York City nurses began a strike last month, impacting patient care at various hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian children's hospital where 9-year-old Logan Coyle is a patient.
- Logan's father, Jeff Coyle, expressed frustration that vulnerable patients are 'the collateral damage of this strike' affecting their care.
- The nurses' union reached tentative deals with Mount Sinai and Montefiore, but negotiations at NewYork-Presbyterian have progressed slowly with the strike still in effect.
- Logan's care has been affected by staffing challenges, with reports of increased anxiety due to inconsistent care from temporary nurses during the strike.
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How New York City nurses can fight the sellout of their 4-week strike
On Tuesday, a day after the New York State Nurses Association announced sellout tentative agreements with Montefiore and Mount Sinai, the union leadership is violating its own bylaws to shut down the strike at the remaining hospital system, NewYork Presbyterian.
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A young cancer patient and his family worry nearly a month into New York City nurses’ strike
A young cancer patient at one of the remaining New York City hospitals where nurses are on strike says he misses his regular caregivers.
Some 10,500 nurses in New York who had been on strike since January 12 reached an agreement with hospitals yesterday, which provides for a wage increase of more than 12 percent in three years, the union announced. Health workers from the private nosocomios Montefiore and Mount Sinai will vote to ratify the agreement and resume work this week. However, about 4,200 workers from the NewYork-Presbyterian health center (in the image) were not include…
This strike is the largest ever carried out by the industry in the city's history.
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