"NEW YORK (AP) - Nurses at a big New York hospital system approved a new contract Saturday, voting to end a major nursing strike after more than a month. More than 4,000 nurses in the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12. They are now due to start returning to work in the coming week. The union, called the New York State Nurses Association, said 93% of its members at NewYork-Presbyterian voted to ratify the three-year contract."
"Both sides had said Friday that they had reached a tentative deal. Union members voted on it Friday and Saturday. Provisions included staffing improvements, raises topping 12% over three years and safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence, according to the union. The union has said the strike initially involved about 15,000 nurses overall at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian. It affected only some facilities within the three systems and didn't involve any city-run hospitals."
"During the strike, Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian brought on thousands of temporary nurses, transferred some patients and canceled some procedures. The hospitals insisted they were smoothly delivering care, including complex surgeries. But some vulnerable patients and their families said some routine tasks took longer. The strikers complained of unmanageable workloads and accused the hospitals of trying to chip away at health benefits."
More than 4,000 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian ratified a three-year contract by a 93% union vote, prompting the end of a month-long strike and a return to work. The contract includes staffing improvements, raises topping 12% over three years and safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence. Two other private systems, Montefiore and Mount Sinai, reached agreements earlier with the same union. The strike initially involved about 15,000 nurses across the three systems at select facilities. Hospitals deployed thousands of temporary nurses, transferred patients and canceled some procedures while some patients reported longer delays.
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