More than 7,000 nurses at two major New York hospitals walked off the job Monday morning, protesting pay and staffing arrangements they contend have overwhelmed health care professionals during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.
New York nurses were able to reach agreements with seven other hospitals around a common bargaining framework. Nurses will get close to 20-percent salary increases over three years, and the hospitals agreed to improved staffing standards.
“Since [New York City] nurses started negotiating our contracts four months ago, we have said our number one issue is the crisis of chronic understaffing that harms patient care,” New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans told reporters Friday. “Safe staffing is about having enough nurses to deliver safe, quality care to every patient. It is the issue that our employers have ignored, made excuses about, and fought against us on.
Montefiore in statement said nurses “decided to walk away from the bedsides of the patients” in the strike, and said the work stoppage “will spark fear and uncertainty across our community.”“Our first priority is the safety of our patients. We’re prepared to minimize disruption, and we encourage Mount Sinai nurses to continue providing the world-class care they’re known for, in spite of NYSNA’s strike,” Lee, the Mount Sinai spokeswoman, said in a statement.
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