More than 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center have begun the largest nursing strike in decades. Their core demand is enforcement of staffing ratios. One nurse is sometimes responsible for 20 or more patients. The striking nurses want safe working conditions for themselves and their patients. For more on their struggle, see this Left Voice interview with Michelle Gonzalez, an ICU nurse at Montefiore Hospital. Here’s information about their picketing schedule for anyone who wants to show up and support them.
The Graduate Center’s own Olivia Wood also spoke in solidarity at their picket. Check out a clip from her speech below:
FFU member Olivia Wood (@bi_rhetorics ) speaking at the @nynurses speakout at Montefiore Hospital pic.twitter.com/Xf4TKXzWpT
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