13 nurses arrested for blocking NYC building as strike against three hospitals reaches 25th day

Fuente: New York Post

A group of 13 striking New York nurses was arrested Thursday after they linked arms and refused to budge from in front of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper, according to cops and witnesses. NYPD officers cuffed the demonstrating medical workers without incident in front of 555 West 57th Street — where lobbyists for three Big Apple hospital systems are located — according to footage put online by the New York State Nurses Association. “It really spoke to the urgency – that we need better pay, better safety, better benefits, to the point that we’re willing to get arrested for it.