Nurses at 2 NYC hospitals return to work as deal ends strike (UPDATED)

[Omaha Steve]

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Source: AP

By JENNIFER PELTZ 2 hours ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals ended a three-day strike Thursday after reaching a tentative contract agreement that union officials said offers better working conditions, in addition to pay raises.

The tentative deals at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan, and Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, include raises totaling 19% over three years. Nurses began returning to work at both hospitals Thursday morning, with Gov. Kathy Hochul greeting returning nurses at Mount Sinai just before dawn.

The nurses, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, walked out early Monday after negotiations with management ran aground. Each hospital has over 1,000 beds and 3,500 or more union nurses.

The union stressed staffing levels as a key concern, saying that nurses who labored through the grueling peak of the coronavirus pandemic are stretched far too thin because too many jobs are open. Nurses say they have had to work overtime, handle twice as many patients as they should, and skip meals and even bathroom breaks.



Original story

Striking New York City nurses reach deal with hospitals

By JENNIFER PELTZ 11 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends this week’s walkout that disrupted patient care, officials announced Thursday.

The nurses, represented by the New York State Nurses Association, walked out early Monday after negotiations with management ran aground at Mount Sinai Hospital, in Manhattan, and Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx. Each has over 1,000 beds and 3,500 or more union nurses.

Nurses for both hospitals were to return to work Thursday morning, the union said.

The union has stressed staffing levels as a key concern, saying that nurses who labored through the grueling peak of the coronavirus pandemic are stretched far too thin because too many jobs are open. Nurses say they have had to work overtime, handle twice as many patients as they should, and skip meals and even bathroom breaks.



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[padah513]

1. They showed the world just how valuable an asset they were during the pandemic.

Whatever they're getting paid it's still not enough

[GB_RN]

2. Nurses (Nursing Assistants & All Support Staff)...

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Are notoriously underpaid for what we do. We’ve been short staffed for years and the abuse of the pandemic exacerbated it. Now we have even more patients, more incidences of patien-on-nurse violence and other abuse to deal with (thanks to Dolt45 and the GOPQ pushing anti-vaxx, anti-science bullshit).

Avoid for-profit hospitals, if you can, because they’re the worst for this sort of shit. Hospital Corporation of America, or HCA, is one example, and one of the biggest in the world (although not the system involved in this story).