{"id":134611,"date":"2026-02-15T20:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/134611\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:21:08","slug":"thousands-of-nurses-head-back-to-work-ending-the-month-long-strike-at-two-major-nyc-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/134611\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of nurses head back to work, ending the month long strike at two major NYC hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nurses on day 9 of the nurses strike.<\/p>\n

Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

Over 10,000 nurses left the picket lines behind, ending their month-long strike<\/a> in NYC by returning to work at Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Nurses began returning to work at Mount Sinai hospitals and Montefiore early on Saturday, in time for 7 a.m. shifts.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

The return marks the near-conclusion of the largest nurses strike in NYC, an ongoing battle over pay, benefits and safe staffing levels. The labor standoff, however, is still in full force at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, where more than 4,200 nurses remain on strike after their union, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)<\/a> declined the most recent proposal from hospital management and mediators.<\/p>\n

But, as a bright spot, NYSNA reps said that the nurses at the other two affected hospital systems were \u201chappy\u201d to get back to their critical calls of duty by Feb. 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter nearly one month in the freezing cold, nurses are happy to get back to their patients with contracts that improve care for New Yorkers,\u201d Nancy Hagains, RN, president of NYSNA, said. \u201cThey showed their employers and this city the lengths they would go in order to protect their patients. They\u2019re stronger and more united than ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hagans added that NYSNA members who have returned to their hospital rounds still support fellow nurses on the picket line outside of NewYork-Presbyterian.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNurses at NewYork-Presbyterian are still in the fight, back at the picket line, and we need their employer to get back to the table and get their nurses back in the hospital like their union siblings,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Montefiore and Mount Sinai nurses voted overwhelmingly to ratify new three-year contracts that they said protect patient and nurse safety. Their contracts \u201cmaintain and improve enforceable safe staffing standards, protect nurses from workplace violence, and maintain nurses\u2019 health benefits,\u201d according to the union.<\/p>\n

Their salaries will increase by more than 12% over the life of the three-year contract to recruit and retain nurses. Salaries will increase by approximately 4% in each year of the three-year contracts, the union explained.<\/p>\n

Bargaining dates to be set at NewYork-Presbyterian<\/p>\n

Mount Sinai management said all nurses were immediately considered active employees once the new contracts were ratified.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you again to everyone who played a role either big or small to help us navigate these challenges,\u201d Brendan Carr, MD, CEO of Mount Sinai Health System, said in a letter to staff coinciding with the nurses\u2019 return to work. \u201cWe never lost sight of the fact that our patients always come first. Our short-term focus is on ensuring that we can rapidly return to normal operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, NYSNA said it has requested new bargaining dates from NewYork-Presbyterian negotiators. The hospital did not immediately respond to amNewYork\u2019s request for comment on the ongoing strike and whether they gave the union new dates for bargaining. <\/p>\n

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