NEW: A looming nurses’ strike appears to be averted at four of a handful of New York City hospitals currently undergoing contract negotiations.
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The medical workers threatened to walk off the job next Monday if they couldn’t strike a bargain for better wages, more staffing and improved health care benefits. “We are one union united to win, and our bargaining committee is recommending a yes vote for this new contract,” Flushing Hospital union director Michelle Jones, who represents 470 nurses, said.
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