Here in New York, over 7,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center are striking for a second straight day demanding higher wages, stable benefits, and more staffing support to cope with a growing number of patients. This is New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans speaking from the picket line Monday.

Nancy Hagans: “Nurses don’t want to strike. We would rather be inside taking care of our patients, but safely, in a safe manner, not the condition they have us working for the past five, 10 years. Enough is enough, Sinai! Enough is enough!”