ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) — Registered Nurses at the Cayuga Medical Center have formed a new union after a vote this week. Representatives say 82% of nurses voted in favor to create Cayuga United-CWA. The union will represent more than 350 nurses at the medical center.

Huntington, Plainview and Syosset hospitals have ratified new labor contracts, the health system's spokesperson said.

They’re nursing grudges. The massive nurses strike hitting three major New York City hospital systems hit its fourth day Thursday with no end in sight as both sides increasingly dug in, flinging

Nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center say the hospital engaged in wage theft and created a culture that encourages them to work extra hours without pay.

Picture a nurse. What comes to mind? Perhaps a maternal, Nightingale-esque figure in white, a demure assistant to the physician. Perhaps a carousel of naughty nurse costumes, a TV RN capable of little more than giving doctors syphilis. Madonna or whore.

The Nurses Association submitted unfair labor practice charges against Mount Sinai to the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday on behalf of the three labor and delivery nurses who were terminated. The filing says the nurses were fired via voicemail hours before the strike began and attributes the move to the hospital’s “anti-union animus.”

On the third day of the nurses’ strike, Montefiore nurses, elected officials and community supporters held another rally, accusing hospital management of

New nurses joined the workforce in Kern County Monday after graduating from Adventist Health’s Residency Program. The program was for nurses who already had a nursing degree and registered nursing license.