After four weeks, a tentative deal has been made to end the nurses strike for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. The agreement was made late Sunday night following into early Monday morning. This deal will affect 10,500 nurses between these hospital systems and will allow for them to end their part in the nurses strike.
The tentative agreement is a new three year labor contract. It includes a 4% pay raise annually–a 12% raise over the course of the contract. An increase in nurses on shift will take place, as well as a protection of benefits, protection from on-shift workplace violence, and further protection for immigrant and transgender patients and nurses. Furthermore, the contract will safeguard nurses from AI usage, which is a first for nurses contracts in New York City.
The tentative contracts are to be voted on ratification today, Tuesday, February 10, 2016. If voted yes, the nurses will go back to work on Saturday, February 14. Representatives from both hospital systems have confirmed the agreement, but no public statement has been made by or in regards to the nurses themselves.
However, New York Presbyterian has not reached a deal or agreement with their nurses. Negotiations continue between this hospital system and the nurses, but nothing has been made final due to the nurses not approving of their offer. Nurses employed at New York Presbyterian will continue to be on strike, with over 4,200 remaining on the picket lines.
The strike will continue through the week for nurses who have not reached a tentative agreement. Almost hitting the month mark, New York Presbyterian continues to rely on nurses from outside systems and volunteers in order to continue operations. Throughout the strike, nurses have received support from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other important figures from the city itself and beyond.
