Simone Way, a nurse at Mount Sinai Morningside, said she and other nurses have been "forced to stand up" for themselves.

A spokesperson for Mount Sinai said about 20% of its nurses crossed the picket line Monday, and the hospital expects more to do so in the coming days.

Thousands of nurses from five privately-run NYC hospitals walk the picket line as the strike begins on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026.

SAG-AFTRA will hold its first official picket lines outside of the Universal lot this Friday morning and has called on members who have marched on picket lines at the nearby Disney and Warner Bros. lots to instead gather at the Comcast-owned studio.

Twelve years after his death in 2013, Michigan’s own Elmore Leonard has a current book for sale. Dubbed the lost novella, Picket Line conjures up the literature of labor strife reminiscent of John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath and In Dubious Battle.