1,700 Nurses Go On Strike In New Jersey
Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital say they are overstretched and are demanding better nurse-to-patient ratios and higher pay.
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Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital say they are overstretched and are demanding better nurse-to-patient ratios and higher pay.
Nurses were set to hit picket lines Friday morning outside Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.
The nurses have for weeks blamed hospital administrators for unsafe working conditions and threatened to strike if change wasn't enacted.
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members will begin a new ballot for strike action on May 23.
The nurses’ association says the protest will not disrupt the premier hospital’s functioning.