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 voted against the ratification of the mediators’ proposal, meaning roughly 4,500 nurses will return to the picket line on Thursday.
Negotiating nurses for Montefiore and Mount Sinai agreed to ratify the proposals, ending the strike for those nurses.
“We believe all striking nurses deserve to see the details of their tentative agreements and get the opportunity to vote on whether to ratify a new contract,” said NYSNA President Nancy Hagans.
Some NewYork-Presbyterian nurses told PIX11 News they were unhappy with NYSNA’s decision to put the contract to a vote. NewYork-Presbyterian was the last hospital to make a tentative deal with the nurses’ union a day behind the other hospitals.
“The contract, it was sort of forced upon us, did not get reviewed by our local bargaining unit,” said Saber Uddin, a registered nurse at NewYork-Presbyterian.
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Uddin said he does not believe members will push the contract through without better staffing protections.
Union officials said the contracts included key protections, including increased staffing and a 12% salary bump over three years.
The negotiating committee nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian shot down the ratification by a vote of 3099 to 867, according to a committee spokesperson.
Union officials said Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West voted 87% and 96% yes, respectively. Montefiore ratified its contract by a vote of 86%.
Nurses from Montefiore, Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside will all return to work.
NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said the new contracts “ensure that our hospitals are safer places.”
“This hard-earned victory shows hospitals that they can’t cut corners on patient care. Now it’s time for NewYork-Presbyterian to do the right thing, agree to a fair contract and bring all our nurses back to work,” Hagans added.
Spencer Gustafson is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered New York state and city news since 2023. See more of his work here.
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