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Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up

  • Written by Anna Mayo, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them upNew York nurses went on strike in January 2026, protesting unsafe staffing levels while demanding better patient safety, increased wages, improved working conditions and fairer contracts.Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona,...

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