Nurse Strike Reaches Tentative Agreements, Union Says

NEW YORK CITY — Nurses have reached tentative agreements with Montefiore and the Mount Sinai Hospital systems, concluding the longest, largest nurse strike in New York City History, the New York State Nurses Association said Monday.

The approximately 10,500 nurses will now vote on whether to ratify these contracts. If ratified, they are expected to return to work this week for the first time since the strike began on Jan. 12.

"For four weeks, nearly 15,000 NYSNA members held the line in the cold and in the snow for safe patient care," NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said. "Now, nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai systems are heading back to the bedside with our heads held high after winning fair tentative contracts that maintain enforceable safe staffing ratios, improve protections from workplace violence, and maintain health benefits with no additional out-of-pocket costs for frontline nurses."

Nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Mount Sinai Morningside and West are scheduled to vote on their contracts between Feb. 9 and Feb. 11. If the tentative agreements are ratified, nurses will return to work on Feb. 14.

Meanwhile, approximately 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian continue their strike. The key issue in negotiations at NewYork-Presbyterian remains safe staffing, the union said.

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