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Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up

Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, the debate shifted from standard wage disputes to a more fundamental question of patient safety: the nurse-to-patient ratio.

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Nurses and New York hospital system reach a tentative deal to end the city’s largest nursing strike

Nurses on strike at a major New York City hospital system have reached a tentative deal to end a more than monthlong strike

The Independent UK

NYC nurses strike to end soon? Tentative deal reached at 2 major hospitals on pay and workplace safety

After nearly a month on the picket lines, nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospital systems, Montefiore and Mount Sinai, have reached tentative agreements with management, potentially ending one of the city’s biggest nurse strikes in decades.

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What Mamdani Gets Wrong About the NYC Nurses Strike: State Regulations, Not Greed, Are the Problem

Zohran Mamdani had a chance to pursue health care reform in the New York State Assembly. He didn’t take it.

Reason

New York nurses continue to strike in frigid weather as Mamdani shows support

New York mayor was joined by Senator Bernie Sanders at a Tuesday rally with nurses as strike entered second week

The Guardian - US

Nearly 15K Walk Off Job In Largest Nurses Strike in NYC, Gov Hochul Warns Protests 'Jeopardises Lives'

NYC nurses strike begins: 15,000 healthcare workers walk out over pay and safety. Mount Sinai, Montefiore, Presbyterian hospitals affected.

International Business Times UK

Thousands of New York City nurses set to strike amid contract disputes

Nearly 16,000 nurses to join union-led strike on Monday to demand large hospitals across NYC ‘put patients over profit’

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Patient storms out of hospital after nurses ignored him

He repeatedly pressed his call button to no avail

The Independent UK

Rutgers strike shows rising militancy

While beltway Democrats push their party toward the middle, the labor movement is willing to disrupt the status quo

Salon

NYC nurses follow up private hospital strikes by demanding pay parity from city-owned Health + Hospitals network

Weeks after going on strike at two private hospitals in New York City, a nurses’ union is calling on the city’s public hospitals to commit to paying its members salaries comparable to what they now make in the private sector.

Tribune News Service

Nurses strike ends at NYC hospitals Mount Sinai, Montefiore after tentative deal reached

A three-day nurses strike that disrupted patient care and services at two major New York City hospitals ended early Thursday morning after a tentative deal was reached overnight — triggering the return of more than 7,000 nurses to work.

Tribune News Service

New York City nurses end strike after reaching a tentative agreement

After three days on the picket line, more than 7,000 nurses are returning to work at the city's biggest hospitals with the promise of "concrete, enforceable safe staffing ratios," their union said.

WEKU

Thousands of New York City nurses end three-day strike after reaching deal with hospitals

Two hospitals reach tentative contract agreements with nurses union and 7,000 striking healthcare workers

The Independent UK

Striking New York City nurses reach deal with hospitals

Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses, ending a walkout that disrupted patient care

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Nurses in New York City strike over wages and staffing levels

More than 7,000 nurses strike at two NYC hospitals, stating that low wages and staffing levels have squeezed workers.

Tribune News Service

More than 7,000 NYC nurses strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore hospitals after labor negotiations crumble

NEW YORK — Thousands of nurses walked off the job early Monday at two major New York City hospitals after contract talks disintegrated overnight, leaving Mount Sinai in Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx struggling to care for patients.

Salon

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