"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."
""We are so happy with the wins we achieved, and now the fight to enforce these contracts and hold our employers accountable begins," union President Nancy Hagans said in a statement 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."
More than 4,000 nurses in the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12 and voted to ratify a three-year contract with 93% approval, ending a month-long work stoppage. Nurses are slated to begin returning to work in the coming week. Contract provisions include staffing improvements, raises topping 12% over three years and safeguards on the use of artificial intelligence. Montefiore and Mount Sinai reached similar agreements earlier this month with the same union. The strike initially involved about 15,000 nurses across the three systems and affected only some facilities; it did not involve city-run hospitals. Hospitals hired thousands of temporary nurses, transferred patients and canceled some procedures while continuing complex surgeries, and some vulnerable patients and families reported disruptions to routine care.
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