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Nurses, Other Healthcare Workers At Riverhead Hospital Vote To Authorize Strike Nurses, Other Healthcare Workers At Riverhead Hospital Vote To Authorize Strike
Nurses, Other Healthcare Workers At Riverhead Hospital Vote To Authorize Strike Hundreds of nurses and healthcare workers at two Long Island hospitals could soon take to the picket line over what they deem as unfair working conditions. More than 700 members of the New York State Nurses Association from Northwell Health voted overwhelmingly – 99.5 percent – to authorize a strike on Thursday, Feb. 1. The healthcare professionals are employed by Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Valley Stream facility and Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. Their latest contract expired at the end of 2023. Union leaders said they want to see an improvement in what they desc…

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by Michael Mashburn