NEW YORK (WABC) — More than 4,000 nurses will return to work at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday.
It brings the 41-day nurses’ strike to an end.
The strike started on January 12.
Nurses were out in rain and cold temperatures for more than a month, fighting for a new contract.
Approximately 15,000 nurses in New York City went on strike.
NewYork Presbyterian nurses joined thousands from Montefiore and Mount Sinai, who ratified their contracts two weeks ago.
NewYork Presbyterian rejected that deal at the time and went back to the table.
The New York State Nurses Association reached a deal for NewYork Presbyterian last Friday.
Nurses overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three year agreement that protects patient and nurse safety.
They had been protesting unsafe nurse to patient staffing ratios, health care benefits and workplace violence.
The agreement includes salary increases, improved staffing levels and new protections against workplace violence.
Nurses will receive a 12% wage increase over three years.
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