"Striking nurses and hospital management returned to the bargaining table on Tuesday, with hopes of ending the largest nurses strike in NYC history. Before midnight on Wednesday, NewYork-Presbyterian said the hospital made slight progress during late-night bargaining with the nurses, facilitated by a third party. The NewYork-Presbyterian bargaining team was on site at the Javits Center today, working through the mediator to exchange proposals on non-economic matters, the hospital said in a statement."
"Over the weekend, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), the union representing the striking nurses, said both NewYork-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai agreed to keep the caretakers' health insurance in place. Press conference with City Council Labor Chair planned on Wednesday At Montefiore in the Bronx the third hospital involved in the strike nurses planned a press conference for Wednesday afternoon with NYC Council Member Shirley Aldebol, who chairs the legislature's Labor Committee."
Nearly 15,000 nurses from multiple hospitals have been on strike since Jan. 12 after their previous contract expired Dec. 31, seeking a fair contract. Negotiations resumed with nurses and hospital management returning to the bargaining table and mediator-facilitated talks at the Javits Center. NewYork-Presbyterian reported incremental progress during late-night bargaining and one tentative agreement on non-economic matters. The New York State Nurses Association reported that NewYork-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai agreed to keep caretakers' health insurance in place. Picketing continued outside affected hospitals, and nurses at Montefiore planned a press conference with NYC Council Member Shirley Aldebol. Concerns about anti-immigrant, anti-labor influence and patient and nurse safety remain central to the strike.
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