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Peter Riley

@peterjriley2024@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

I’ll Organize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwrFe-rUK84

#healthworkers #nurses #strikes #unions

Peter Riley

@peterjriley2024@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

(This sort of injustice may cause unrest?)

CEOs at these hospitals make about 120 times more than the average nurse, with salaries up to $26 million a year. That’s about $70,000 a day, or more than most New Yorkers make in an entire year.

https://www.amny.com/opinion/we-trust-nurses-they-need-our-support/

#healthworkers #labourmovement #nurses #NYC #strike

amNewYork

Op-Ed | We trust nurses with our lives. Now, they need our support.

In 2020, my father was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. His doctor was affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian, and I witnessed firsthand how nurses there

Peter Riley

@peterjriley2024@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

NYSNA’s decision to forge ahead with a vote at NewYork-Presbyterian infuriated members who said they stood by their executive committee’s assertion that the deal did not meet their needs. NYSNA has executive committees at each of its hospitals; those committees are made up of union members who participate in contract negotiations.

https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/11/nurses-presbyterian-nysna-vote-protest/

#healthworkers #Nurses #NYC #Strike