NYC Nurses Will Vote On Tentative Deals To End Monthlong Strike

NEW YORK CITY — New York City's longest-ever nurses' strike could be coming to an end as nurses from the third and final affected hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian, are voting on a tentative deal on Wednesday.

More than 4,200 nurses from NewYork-Presbyterian join nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai Hospitals in voting on tentative agreements with their respective hospitals.

If the contracts are ratified, the more than 14,000 nurses could return to work as soon as Saturday, February. 14. Nurses first walked off the job on Jan. 12.

All three tentative agreements include a 12 percent salary increase over a three-year contract, staffing retention and increases.

Other terms include health benefit protections and safeguards from workplace violence, among others, according to PIX11.

“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,” Nancy Hagans, president of NYSNA, told AMNY. “As a democratic, member-led union that responds to its members, we are moving forward with a vote on tentative contracts at all four hospitals with the goal of returning all nurses to work as soon as possible.”