Nurses at Mount Sinai Health System and Montefiore Health System in New York City are no longer striking after tentative deals were reached early Thursday morning.
“The strike is over and we have an agreement. Thank you, Mount Sinai team, for your unwavering dedication to world-class patient care,” the Mount Sinai Health System said in a statement.
“We are pleased to announce that Montefiore Medical Center has reached a tentative agreement w/ NYSNA on a new collective bargaining agreement,” Montefiore Health System announced. “All scheduled surgeries & procedures & outpatient appts for 1/12 & after will proceed as scheduled.”
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The New York State Nurses Association secured the deal for the hospitals. Nurses will still need to vote to approve the deals before they are finalized.
Nurses were optimistic Wednesday night that a deal would be agreed to shortly. More than 7,000 nurses who participated in the strikes will now likely be headed back to work. Deals were reached at seven hospitals over the weekend ahead of the strike.
Conditions in the emergency room, fair wages, and nurse-to-patient ratio were all sticking points for the NYSNA in negotiations. According to the union, 3,500 nurses from Montefiore and 3,600 nurses from Mount Sinai participated in the strike.
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The strikes came at a pivotal point in the city as hospitals deal with an onslaught of respiratory viruses, including flu, respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, and COVID-19.
