Rob Barone News Today

Nearly 300 nurses had voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a strike, and delivered a 10-day strike notice on Friday.

The nurses, who had authorized a potential strike last week, are set to vote Tuesday on the proposed agreement with the Port Jefferson hospital.

Of the nurses at the Port Jefferson hospital who voted, 99.6% approved a measure allowing the union to deliver a 10-day notice of a strike, the New York State Nurses Association said.

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