"Wednesday marked Day 10 of the NYC nurses strike, keeping nearly 15,000 caretakers on the picket line and out of major hospitals as contracts between their union and management remain stagnant. In the latest development, unionized nurses from the New York State Nurses Association stayed strong on Wednesday, braving the bitter cold of the picket lines outside the affected hospitals: NewYork-Presbyterian and Mount Sinai in Manhattan, and Montefiore in the Bronx."
"Some members of hospital leadership have called the union's salary demands unrealistic. A spokesperson for NewYork-Presbyterian said nurses at the hospital are among the highest paid in the city. Its latest proposals include an approximately 25% wage increase over three years, a hospital spokesperson said on Tuesday. NYSNA's demands ignore the economic realities of healthcare in New York City and the country."
"Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian need to get serious about meeting our demands for safety, Nancy Hagans, president of NYSNA, said. If struggling safety-net hospitals can figure out how to fund our health benefits, safely staff our hospitals and protect nurses from workplace violence, then the richest hospitals can figure it out, too. Instead of investing millions in fighting their own nurses, hospital executives need to do the right thing and work with us to improve safety."
The NYC nurses strike entered its tenth day with nearly 15,000 unionized nurses picketing outside NewYork-Presbyterian, Mount Sinai, and Montefiore. Nurses demand higher pay, increased staffing, and improved workplace safety, including protections from violence. Hospital leadership has pushed back, calling salary demands unrealistic and noting recent proposals such as an approximately 25% wage increase over three years from NewYork-Presbyterian. Mount Sinai leadership described a near-term agreement as unlikely. NYSNA leadership insisted that wealthy hospitals can fund safety and benefits if safety-net hospitals manage to do so, urging executives to negotiate rather than litigate.
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