Strike over at main NYC hospitals after agreements reached

Nurses at Mount Sinai Well being System and Montefiore Well being System in New York Metropolis are not placing after tentative offers have been reached early Thursday morning.

"The strike is over and we've got an settlement. Thanks, Mount Sinai workforce, in your unwavering dedication to world-class affected person care," the Mount Sinai Well being System stated in a press release.

"We're happy to announce that Montefiore Medical Heart has reached a tentative settlement w/ NYSNA on a brand new collective bargaining settlement," Montefiore Well being System introduced. "All scheduled surgical procedures & procedures & outpatient appts for 1/12 & after will proceed as scheduled."

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The New York State Nurses Affiliation secured the deal for the hospitals. Nurses will nonetheless must vote to approve the offers earlier than they're finalized.

Nurses have been optimistic Wednesday night time that a deal can be agreed to shortly. Greater than 7,000 nurses who participated within the strikes will now seemingly be headed again to work. Offers have been reached at seven hospitals over the weekend forward of the strike.

Situations within the emergency room, honest wages, and nurse-to-patient ratio have been all sticking factors for the NYSNA in negotiations. In keeping with the union, 3,500 nurses from Montefiore and three,600 nurses from Mount Sinai participated within the strike.

The strikes got here at a pivotal level within the metropolis as hospitals take care of an onslaught of respiratory viruses, together with flu, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and COVID-19.