NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses at a giant New York hospital system authorized a brand new contract Saturday, voting to finish a significant nursing strike after greater than a month.
Greater than 4,000 nurses within the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12. They’re now as a result of begin returning to work within the coming week. The union, known as the New York State Nurses Affiliation, stated 93% of its members at NewYork-Presbyterian voted to ratify the three-year contract.
Two different massive non-public hospital techniques, Montefiore and Mount Sinai, ended their nurses’ walkout earlier this month by inking contract agreements with the identical union.
“We’re so proud of the wins we achieved, and now the combat to implement these contracts and maintain our employers accountable begins,” union President Nancy Hagans stated in a press release Saturday.
NewYork-Presbyterian stated that it seemed ahead to its nurses’ return and that the contract “displays our respect for our nurses and the important position they play as a part of our distinctive care groups.”
Either side had stated Friday that they’d reached a tentative deal. Union members voted on it Friday and Saturday.
Provisions included staffing enhancements, raises topping 12% over three years and safeguards on the usage of synthetic intelligence, in response to the union.
The union has stated the strike initially concerned about 15,000 nurses general at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian. It affected just some services throughout the three techniques and did not contain any city-run hospitals.
Throughout the strike, Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian introduced on hundreds of momentary nurses, transferred some sufferers and canceled some procedures. The hospitals insisted they have been easily delivering care, together with complicated surgical procedures. However some susceptible sufferers and their households stated some routine duties took longer.
The strikers complained of unmanageable workloads and accused the hospitals of attempting to chip away at well being advantages. The hospitals contested these claims and stated the union’s calls for have been exorbitant.
Nurses at some Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals additionally walked out in 2023. That strike led to three days.