"The largest nurses strike in NYC history entered its 24th day on Wednesday with nearly 15,000 caretakers still off the job. Members of the NYC Council's Progressive Caucus, including Tiffany Caban, Alexa Aviles and Sandy Nurse, supported the nurses on the picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian, one of the three private hospitals involved in the strike, in their fight for safer staffing."
"Nancy Hagans, RN, president of the NYSNA, said the striking nurses' demands for better staffing standards help protect both the caretakers and patients. Nurses are not backing down. This is day 24 and, as we've said over and over, every day out here on the strike line makes us stronger, she said. We have not waited in the bitter cold to settle for anything less than what our patients deserve."
"Nurse, of Brooklyn, said she joined the picket line in solidarity with New York nurses fighting for what they are owed. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the union representing the striking nurses, zeroed in on NewYork-Presbyterian on Feb. 4, saying the hospital proposed safe staffing enforcement provisions that are weaker than other NYSNA hospitals in the city. According to NYSNA, the hospital did not come to the bargaining table on Tuesday with a counterproposal on workplace violence and other contract issues."
The largest nurses strike in New York City reached its 24th day with nearly 15,000 caretakers walking off the job. Members of the NYC Council's Progressive Caucus joined picket lines outside NewYork-Presbyterian to support demands for safer staffing. Staffing standards and workplace violence protections remain central disputes in contract negotiations between the New York State Nurses Association and hospital management. NYSNA criticized NewYork-Presbyterian for proposing weaker safe-staffing enforcement than other city hospitals and said the hospital failed to present a counterproposal on workplace violence and other issues. Hospital management said it delivered a comprehensive proposal through mediators addressing economic and non-economic terms.
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