NEW YORK (WABC) — Negotiations between the nurses’ union and three hospital systems are expected to pick back up Friday morning at the Javits Center, after talks once again ended with little progress Thursday night.
Roughly 15,000 nurses left in limbo will step back onto the picket line for what is now the 12th day of their historic strike.
The nurses allege the negotiations started several hours later than planned on Thursday.
NewYork-Presbyterian put out this statement Thursday night saying:
“Here is the truth. The NewYork-Presbyterian bargaining team has been at the bargaining site since 10 a.m. Most of the morning was spent working with the mediator before going across the table with NYSNA’s bargaining committee in the afternoon.”
Now, some nurses face losing their health benefits if the strike continues. Montefiore warned union members they have until February 1 before they would need to start paying for their own benefits.
Montefiore provides free healthcare to its nurses and says it is required by federal law to notify nurses of the upcoming deadline.
Thursday night, unionized nurses met with hospital executives to try to settle fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety.
“It’s the tactics management keeps playing,” said Doris Anning, a Montefiore labor and delivery nurse. “Management has been in the room, in and out, with no agreement on anything.”
Many nurses are simply working to make ends meet after missing their first paychecks this week.
They’ve now been on the picket line for 12 straight days.
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