Around 1,000 nurses at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn are preparing to strike on March 1 due to unresolved contract negotiations. The nurses, represented by the Federation of Nurses/UFT, demand higher wages and an end to chronic understaffing, yet the hospital management has not addressed these issues adequately. Historical violations of nurse-to-patient staffing ratios further complicate the situation, with the union emphasizing the need for better working conditions to ensure patient care. If an agreement is not reached by the contract's expiration on February 28, the strike may proceed as planned.
"It is the nurses who are advocating for what patients need - the correct number of nurses, properly trained, with the right equipment," said Anne Goldman, head of the Federation of Nurses/UFT.
NYU Langone has violated union staffing requirements set by the union contract and by state law thousands of times in the past three years.
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