Elmhurst, Queens, New York Following a historic three-day strike, over 160 unionized resident doctors at Elmhurst Hospital, located in a largely immigrant community in Queens, New York, declared victory May 24. Their fight was for pay parity with their nonunionized Manhattan counterparts. In 2020, Elmhurst Hospital was the epicenter of…
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The 165 doctors, employed at Elmhurst through the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and unionized with the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), claimed victory in the strike, which they said was motivated by the issue of pay parity.