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Fifteen Thousand Nurses Strike Three Major Hospitals in NYC
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 Jan. 14, 2026 | STRIKES | The nurses are striking for better staffing, protections against workplace violence, and guaranteed health care benefits. Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. It’s the city’s largest nurse strike in decades. Picket lines stretched for blocks at Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and New York Presbyterian hospitals on January 12, thronged with nurses plus Teamsters, hotel workers, and university staff showing solidarity. The union’s printed signs read: “If nurses are outside, something is wrong inside!” “It’s a disaster for us,” said Roy Permaul, a surgical and transplant ICU nurse, holding a blowhorn. Labor Notes
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