Over 7,000 New York City nurses strike for better pay, staffing | USA TODAY

More than 7,000 nurses from two New York City hospitals went on strike after negotiations for better pay and staffing failed.

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The walkout began at 6 a.m. EST after a weekend of negotiations and no new contract in time for the strike start date. Representatives from both hospitals were back at the bargaining table Monday.

“Nurses don’t want to strike. Bosses have pushed us to strike by refusing to seriously consider our proposals to address the desperate crisis of unsafe staffing that harms our patients,” the union said in a statement late Sunday.

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