Hanging nurses and NYC hospitals clear ‘main hurdle’ however work stoppage drags into third week: union

Hanging nurses mentioned they’ve reached an settlement to maintain their well being advantages as negotiations proceed with Large Apple hospitals and a union work stoppage hits a 3rd week.

The New York State Nurses Affiliation introduced over the weekend that members at Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian struck a take care of their employers to take care of present well being protection – although each hospitals have repeatedly insisted its employees by no means confronted advantages cuts.

“NYSNA nurses fought and cleared a significant hurdle on one of many key sticking factors in bargaining—sustaining well being advantages for frontline nurses and our households,” the NYSNA mentioned in an announcement.

About 15,000 nurses – probably the most within the metropolis’s historical past – have been off the job since Jan. 12 as they struggle for brand new contracts with Mount Sinai, NY-Presbyterian and Montefiore.

Different points which have precipitated the strike to succeed in a fifteenth day on Monday embody pay, staffing ranges and office security.

A NY-Presbyterian spokesperson mentioned in an announcement the hospital agreed to work with nurses on “potential financial savings and applications in our nurses’ healthcare plan.”

“We by no means proposed eliminating well being advantages, reasonably, our complete proposal has all the time included well being advantages which might be among the finest within the nation,” the spokesperson mentioned.

Mount Sinai referred to an earlier assertion that mentioned it was not seeking to reduce advantages and referred to as the union’s complaints a mischaracterization.

Montefiore, which was not talked about within the NYSNA’s assertion, mentioned well being advantages haven’t been a problem throughout negotiations.

Nurses didn’t picket Sunday and aren’t staging a protest Monday as a result of battering snow storm that hit the tristate space with the union stating its members “are prepared and prepared to cut price in good religion on different precedence points to settle truthful contracts every time mediators name us again to the desk.”

The contracts are being individually negotiated with the hospital programs.

NY-Presbyterian mentioned the mediator confirmed bargaining is scheduled once more for Tuesday.