1,700 New Jersey nurses were on strike for over 130 days for the key demand of safe staffing, not just for their hospital, but all patients in New Jersey’s largest hospital network.
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“Even before the pandemic that killed 1.1 million Americans and disabled millions more, our health care system, largely based on nonprofits like RWJBarnabas that pay Wall Street wages for leadership, was ranked as the most expensive among peer OECD nations with the worst health care outcomes.”
— Bob Hennelly In Salon
New Jersey Nurses Two Months into Strike for Safe Staffing
“It’s all the trademarks of an abusive relationship,” Moccio said. “There is gaslighting. There is deceiving. They leverage these words of kindness, sweetness, and thankfulness for what we do while continually reminding us not to ask administration for what we need, and telling us we’re greedy when we do.”
— Sudip Bhattacharya for Labor Notes