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Mount Sinai 'Unlawfully' Fired Three Nurses on Eve of Strike, Union Says
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/13/mount-sinai-firings-nurses-strike-nysna/
The firings amounted to illegal retaliation and intimidation for union activity, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
by Claudia Irizarry Aponte Jan. 13, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Mount Sinai Hospital fired three nurses via voicemail message on the eve of a massive ongoing strike, a move that amounts to illegal retaliation and intimidation, the New York State Nurses Association said on Tuesday.
The three nurses worked in the labor and delivery unit, which has experienced “aggressive anti-union activity,” including disciplining nurses who attended a union meeting last year, the union said.
Hundreds of nurses and supporters gathered at a Tuesday afternoon press conference at the Mount Sinai picket line on Madison Avenue to call attention to the firings.
Two of the fired nurses, Berina Selimovic and Liliana Prestia, issued a joint statement. “What management did is pure intimidation,” they said on Tuesday. “Our unfair terminations were Mount Sinai’s attempts to scare other nurses and keep them from joining the strike line.”
FULL story at link above.
Nurse Berina Selimovic says Mt. Sinai unfairly fired her to "scare" other nurses and keep them from joining the strike line, Jan. 13, 2026. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY