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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NYC nurses striking claiming it is due to workload and staffing levels. Meanwhile, they're already making $165k and want to increase it up to $275k at some NY hospitals. GMAFB.  That is grotesque overpay for a 4 year degree job.  We are supposed to now compensate nurses more than many family docs?  Talk about wage inflation spiral. If nurses make $275k I guess we have to pay teachers $200k and docs $1M now.

USA wages and cost of labor are out of control. [/quote]

You need different sources of information because none of this is true.

NYC nurses are not making anywhere near $165k base pay, nor are they demanding $275k.  They are striking over:

Unsafe staffing levels
Workload and patient‑to‑nurse ratios
Health benefits
Workplace violence protections

all of which are well documented issues, which are driving safety issues in healthcare, driving burnout and retention problems.

The closest you could come to your claim about $275k is a single opinion piece (not an official union position) that suggested a 33% raise over 3 years and even that wouldn't bring them to $165k base salary let alone $275k.

So wherever you heard that, stop getting your "news" from there.   [/quote]

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