Nurses continue strike on MLK Day as hospital talks stall
Union leaders said they remain at odds with hospital executives over staffing levels, health care benefits and wages.
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Nurses headed to picket lines Monday as contract talks with private hospitals remained unresolved over the weekend.
Nurses from Montefiore protested Sunday in Scarsdale, Westchester County. The New York State Nurses Association is calling on Montefiore’s CEO to return to the bargaining table.
Union leaders said they remain at odds with hospital executives over staffing levels, health care benefits and wages.
Nurses from NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Morningside and West met with management Thursday and Friday, but the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said little progress was made.
On Monday, NYSNA members will join civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton on the picket line at Mount Sinai Morningside to begin the second week of what the union calls the largest nurse strike in state history.
