Nurses Vote on Possible Strike to Break Negotiating Deadlock
Nurses at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital are voting this week on authorizing a strike in their ongoing labor dispute with management. It’s the second possible strike at a major Manhattan hospital in two...
View ArticleNurses and UMDNJ Hospital at Odds Over Abortions
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order, saying University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey Hospital in Newark can’t force nurses to participate in abortions.Sixteen nurses...
View ArticleNurses at 2 More Hospitals OK Strike
Nurses unions at two more city hospitals authorized strikes on Monday, if contract talks do not advance.Negotiators at Montefiore and Mt. Sinai were given the green light to call a strike at any time,...
View ArticleNurses and UMDNJ Hospital Reach Deal on Abortions
A federal judge says a major New Jersey hospital and 12 nurses who claimed they were forced to assist in abortions over their religious and moral objections have reached a deal.Attorneys for the nurses...
View ArticleSt. Luke's-Roosevelt Nurses Threaten Strike Next Month
Despite negotiating overnight and into the early morning hours on Thursday, nurses at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital said they've been unable to reach a contract agreement with management, and are now...
View ArticleNurses Strike at St. Luke's May Be Averted
A planned nurse's strike at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital next Tuesday may be averted, now that their union and the hospital's management have reached a tentative, four-year contract agreement.Bernie...
View ArticleMontefiore Reaches Tentative Pact with Nurses
Nurses this week will vote on a proposed settlement with Montefiore Medical Center, potentially concluding a season of tense contract negotiations that had unions at four different hospitals...
View ArticleQueens Nurses Set to Go on Strike
Nurses at Flushing Hospital in Queens say they will go on strike early next month, unless a labor dispute is resolved.Nurses union shops at four local hospitals all recently made the same threat – and...
View ArticlePlease Explain: Nursing
This week's Please Explain we'll find out what nurses do, how they're trained, and why there always seems to be a shortage. Dr. Bobbie Berkowitz, Dean of Columbia University School of Nursing, explains...
View ArticleThe Worst Nurse
Charles Graeber, journalist and author of the new book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder, tells the story of homicidal nurse Charlie Cullen, and how he slipped through...
View ArticleNurses Vote on Possible Strike to Break Negotiating Deadlock
Nurses at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital are voting this week on authorizing a strike in their ongoing labor dispute with management. It’s the second possible strike at a major Manhattan hospital in two...
View ArticleNurses at 2 More Hospitals OK Strike
Nurses unions at two more city hospitals authorized strikes on Monday, if contract talks do not advance.Negotiators at Montefiore and Mt. Sinai were given the green light to call a strike at any time,...
View ArticleSt. Luke's-Roosevelt Nurses Threaten Strike Next Month
Despite negotiating overnight and into the early morning hours on Thursday, nurses at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital said they've been unable to reach a contract agreement with management, and are now...
View ArticleNurses Strike at St. Luke's May Be Averted
A planned nurse's strike at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital next Tuesday may be averted, now that their union and the hospital's management have reached a tentative, four-year contract agreement.Bernie...
View ArticleMontefiore Reaches Tentative Pact with Nurses
Nurses this week will vote on a proposed settlement with Montefiore Medical Center, potentially concluding a season of tense contract negotiations that had unions at four different hospitals...
View ArticleQueens Nurses Set to Go on Strike
Nurses at Flushing Hospital in Queens say they will go on strike early next month, unless a labor dispute is resolved.Nurses union shops at four local hospitals all recently made the same threat – and...
View ArticleNew York Nurses Deploy for the Philippines
The devastation in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan has been met with an outpouring of donations. But now around 150 registered nurses from New York are set to travel to the worst-hit areas to...
View Article100,000 American Nurses Strike for Ebola Protection & Training
Around 100,000 nurses are expected to strike or protest in a "Day of Action" across the country today. They're demanding better training and medical equipment to deal with a potential Ebola outbreak in...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Barney Frank, #1Week1Outfit Experiment, The Nursing Life
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Barney Frank (First) | Join Our #1Week1Outfit Experiment (Starts at 26:34) | The Nursing Life (Starts at 36:39)If you don't...
View ArticleDavid Brooks; The Nursing Life; Love Advice for Introverts
New York Times columnist David Brooks has a "moral bucket list" of character virtues he aspires to embody. He lays them out, then Millennial listeners respond. Plus: the journalist Alexandra Robbins...
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