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Nurses on strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey

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Nurses are fighting for more pay, better staffing and a cap on medical insurance costs and copays. The hospital has said it will stay open despite the strike.

Nurses hit the picket lines Friday outside Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Darla Miles reports live with the latest.Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick went out on strike Friday, after weeks of negotiations produced no new contract agreement.

"I feel sick to my stomach at the treatment we've received over the last couple of weeks, I didn't want it to come to this," said registered nurse Emily Fletcher.Robert Wood Johnson is one of only three level one trauma centers in the state. Officials at Robert Wood Johnson say they have twice met the union's demands and offered nurses a 7% pay increase in the first year.

 

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