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Nurses Picket Outside Danbury Hospital: Report

Members of the Danbury Nurses are holding an informal picket outside Danbury Hospital​ Thursday, according to a report.

Members of the Danbury Nurses are holding an informal picket outside Danbury Hospital​ Thursday, according to a report.
Members of the Danbury Nurses are holding an informal picket outside Danbury Hospital​ Thursday, according to a report. (Shutterstock)

DANBURY, CT — Members of the Danbury Nurses Union Unit 47, AFT Local 5047 are holding an informal picket outside Danbury Hospital Thursday, according to a report from NBC Connecticut.

The union represents about 600 registered nurses at the hospital. The picket is scheduled from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Union leaders have tried to resolve issues that they say are "making the area’s patient care crisis worse," according to the report.

For more, see NBC Connecticut.

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