It's day eight of a historic strike among New York City's nurses, with nearly 15,000 walking off the job last Monday. Nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, and Montefiore are asking for higher pay, an increase in staff to manage patients, fully funded benefits and better workplace protections against violence for its members. As tensions escalate between the private hospitals and thousands of their employees, negotiations are stalled. Over the weekend, nurses joined together in chorus even in the snow, calling for their demands to be met. Today, striking nurses will raise their voices again, and give back at the city-run George Washington Carver Houses, providing free community health screenings from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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