(QUEENS, NEW YORK) - Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR)/Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-represented Resident Physicians at three essential Safety Net Hospitals in Queens are poised to Strike over their employers' continued bad faith bargaining and failures to make meaningful movement towards their demands, which include living wages and patient care proposals.

Doctors at Jamaica and Flushing Hospitals, which is owned by MediSys, are set to Strike - starting Monday (May 15th) until Friday (May 19th) if MediSys fails to bargain in good faith and move towards their demands.

Doctors voted by 93% in favor of striking.

The last Strike, held by 600 Non-Medical Workers at Jamaica Hospital, took place in 1990, Patch in New York City reports.

Doctors in both hospitals, many of whom are Immigrants, are demanding higher wages as the costs of living in New York skyrocket while Residents work 80 hours a week and scramble to fill in the gaps in staffing, Patch also reports.

Physicians at Elmhurst Hospital, who are employed by Mount Sinai, are still determining their Strike plans.

Along with CIR Members at Mount Sinai Morningside and West, the Elmhurst Physicians are demanding pay and benefits parity with Mount Sinai Non-Union Physicians.

Picket lines are scheduled to be up on Monday from 7 a.m. to 11am at Jamaica Hospital and on Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Flushing Hospital.

For More On This Labor News Story, Go To: Queens Hospital Could Strike For The First Time Since 1990 | Queens, Ny Patch

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