US EditionStriking nurses at 2 NYC hospital systems approve new contract but ones at another reject deal
Mount Sinai and Montefiore nurses approved contracts with over 12% raises and new safety measures while NewYork-Presbyterian nurses continue striking over staffing and job security.
- On Wednesday, the New York State Nurses Association said Montefiore and Mount Sinai nurses approved new three-year deals while nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian rejected the proposal.
- The walkout began on Jan. 12 when nearly 15,000 nurses walked off the job, demanding higher pay, better staffing, workplace protections and preserved benefits.
- Key provisions in the pacts cover pay raises of more than 12% over three years, enforceable safe-staffing standards and increased staffing, workplace-violence protections, maintained health benefits with no additional out-of-pocket costs, and new safeguards around artificial intelligence.
- The ratified deals would restore more than 10,000 nurses to hospitals by Saturday, Feb. 14, while over 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian remain on strike.
- Union members protested after leadership pressed the vote at NewYork-Presbyterian despite the bargaining committee rejecting it, while more than 1,500 petition signatures and over 50 nurses demanded a disciplinary investigation at NYSNA headquarters.
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Nurses reach deals to end strike at 2 major NYC hospitals
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Nurses from two of three New York City hospitals have ratified new contracts to end their strikes. As of Tuesday, all 15,000 striking nurses reached tentative agreements with their hospitals: NewYork-Presbyterian, Montefiore and Mount Sinai. Then, each nurse voted whether to push the deal through. Negotiating committee nurses from NewYork-Presbyterian [...]
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Striking nurses at 2 NYC hospital systems approve new contract but ones at another reject deal
Nurses on strike at two major New York City hospital systems have approved new contracts, but ones striking at another system have rejected a proposal to bring an end to the monthlong walkout.
NewYork-Presbyterian Nurses Say Union ‘Sold Us Out’ in Contract Fight
More than 50 nurses delivered a petition to New York State Nurses Association headquarters Wednesday demanding a formal disciplinary investigation into top union leadership over members’ assertions that leaders are forcing a vote on a tentative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian that rank-and-file representatives already rejected at the bargaining table. It was not immediately clear what mechanism the union has to investigate the actions of it…
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