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Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, president of the 40,000 member New York State Nurses Association and an emergency room nurse at Montefiore Medical Center, speak during an "urgent community speak out." | AP Photo The New York State Nurses Association filed suits against the state health department and two hospitals Monday, alleging that the entities failed in their…

The New York state nurses union filed lawsuits against the state and two hospitals Monday over what it says are unsafe working conditions and a lack of protective equipment.The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) sued the New York Department of Health and two hospitals, Montefiore Medical Center and Westchester Medical Center, claiming they put nurses’s health…

Home / World News / New York nurses sue state, 2 hospitals over ‘inadequate’ coronavirus protection The New York State Nurses Association sued the state and two hospitals on Monday to force them to provide safety equipment and adopt measures to prevent COVID-19 from spreading among its members, highlighting the growing disputes over workplace safety…

(CNN)Ten nurses were placed on administrative leave from Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, for demanding they be given N95 masks while treating Covid-19 patients, two of the nurses told CNN. Two nurses at PSJHC told CNN that …

SANTA MONICA — Ten nurses at Providence St. John’s Health Center remained on suspension Thursday after refusing to treat coronavirus patients without N95 respirator masks, although their union claimed victory with the hospital’s announcement it is now providing the equipment. According to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, at least 15 nurses at the Santa…