The nurses’ strike against Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick is in its third month. I visited the picket line yesterday with my journalism class, who got a chance to talk to the striking nurses for their first major story.
I talked to several nurses and it is clear they are in this to win enforceable staffing levels, which are important to protect both the nurses and the patients. Management has offered what the nurses call a loophole-ridden alternative designed to allow management to evade responsibility.
I recorded these impressions yesterday as I left the picket.
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