"Striking nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian on Friday announced a tentative agreement with hospital management to return to work next week in exchange for new workplace protections and higher salaries. Nurses will vote on whether to ratify the deal starting Friday, their union said. If the more than 4,000 striking NewYork-Presbyterian nurses approve the contract, it will end the historic nurses strike that began on Jan. 12."
"This has been a long, hard fight, but we are proud of what we achieved, Beth Loudin, a nurse on the bargaining committee at NewYork-Presbyterian, said in a statement. This is a win for the future of healthcare for our communities and a testament to the power of working peop"
More than 4,000 NewYork-Presbyterian nurses announced a tentative agreement with hospital management that would return them to work next week if ratified. The deal includes roughly a 12% salary increase over three years, commitments to boost staffing, new workplace safety measures, and maintenance of nurses' health benefits. The contract vote begins Friday. The strike began on Jan. 12 and is described as the longest and largest nurses strike in the city's history. More than 10,000 nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai have already ratified agreements and begun returning to work. The nurse bargaining committee now supports the deal.
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