NURSES STRIKE: Hospital Management Returns “Weak” Counterproposals; Walkout Continues

NURSES STRIKE: Hospital management returns “weak” counterproposals; walkout continues

The historic nurses strike continued into Day 23 on Tuesday, after the union says hospital management's counterproposals failed to meet their contract demands during a bargaining session on Feb. 2. The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said it received revised proposals from hospital management at the Javits Center on Tuesday, but none of them addressed safe staffing concerns, a key sticking point in the ongoing standoff involving nearly…

Nurses Go Rogue to Call Out Kathy Hochul's Role in Dragging Out Strike

On Monday, hundreds of striking nurses focused their ire in one direction—toward Governor Kathy Hochul, marching to her Midtown offices to highlight how they say she has been helping executives at deep-pocketed hospitals drag out contract negotiations. The march to Hochul's offices kicked off a week of rolling actions by union members, as talks continue and union members now have gone weeks without being paid. The strike of over 15,000 nurses at…