This week, after more than 10 days on the picket line, nurse Zara Roy took to the internet for help, setting up a GoFundMe while she looks for a temporary job.
While her husband, also a nurse, continues to work, they can’t pay the bills solely on his income, she said. “I’m just trying to be strong, to hold on for my family, because financially it really is a struggle.”
The mom of two from Westwood, New Jersey, has a child with disabilities, and she firmly supports the union’s demand that nurses’ health benefits remain intact. “One thing I will never, ever do,” she said, “is cross the picket line.”…