More than 100 nurses began a three-day strike at the hospital over staffing ratios and pay. The hospital planned to use contracted workers.

A chorus of car horns greeted the nearly 400 members of OPELU Local 40 who walked off the job at 7 a.m. over what they are calling unfair labor practices.

Hundreds of nurses in Rochester brought out the picket signs on Monday for a strike that they say comes after years of endless negotiations.