{"id":331137,"date":"2026-01-13T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nyc-nurses-strike-enters-second-day-as-hospitals-move-to-fill-labor-gaps"},"modified":"2026-01-13T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:52:04","slug":"nyc-nurses-strike-enters-second-day-as-hospitals-move-to-fill-labor-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nyc-nurses-strike-enters-second-day-as-hospitals-move-to-fill-labor-gaps","title":{"rendered":"NYC nurses strike enters second day as hospitals transfer to fill labor gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB \">NEW YORK &#8212; <\/span>Thousands of New York City nurses were set to return to the picket lines Tuesday as <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nursing-strike-new-york-5647ac366a8d067785b9cb4005204878\">their strike<\/a> targeting some of the city\u2019s leading hospital systems entered its second day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The walkout, which comes during <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-flu-cases-cdc-subclade-k-29cc5a68eb100585c8e0dbd2ec47b3eb\">a severe flu season<\/a>, involved roughly 15,000 nurses spread out across multiple private hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian\/Columbia, Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The affected hospitals have hired droves of temporary nurses to try to fill the labor gap. Both nurses and hospital administrators have urged patients not to avoid getting care during the strike. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The labor action comes three years after a <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-nurses-strike-d81f32cb7ac709404eb795a6d8822b34\">similar strike<\/a> forced medical facilities to transfer some patients and divert ambulances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As with the 2023 labor action, nurses have <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyc-nurses-negotiations-strike-threat-hospitals-f6b8598107039b1d6ceade0155e1ac36\">pointed to staffing issues<\/a> as a major flashpoint, accusing the big-budget medical centers of refusing to commit to provisions for manageable, safe workloads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The private, nonprofit hospitals involved in the current negotiations say they\u2019ve made strides in staffing in recent years, and have cast the union\u2019s demands as prohibitively expensive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">On Monday, the city&#8217;s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, stood beside nurses on a picket line outside NewYork-Presbyterian, praising the union\u2019s members for seeking \u201cdignity, respect and the fair pay and treatment that they deserve.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/nyc-nurses-strike-enters-day-hospitals-move-fill-129158425\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212; Thousands of New York City nurses were set to return to the picket lines Tuesday as their strike targeting some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2025,1609,9190,9191,9192,9194,419,9193,3171,9189,6552],"class_list":["post-331137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-columbia","tag-mayor","tag-montefiore-medical-middle-and-mount-sinai-hospital","tag-mount-sinai","tag-mount-sinai-hospital","tag-national-nurses-united","tag-new-york","tag-nursing","tag-occupational-safety-and-health","tag-severe-flu","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331139,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331137\/revisions\/331139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}