New York City Nurses Reach Agreement to End Strike

Nurses at Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals in New York City reached a tentative agreement with their employers on Feb. 9 to end a monthlong strike. Based on the agreement, Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Mount Sinai Morningside and West will improve safe staffing levels, better secure the workplace, and increase nurses’ benefits, according to a New York State Nurses Association statement. Nurses’ salaries will increase by more than 12 percent over a three-year contract. This increase would raise the annual average wage from $162,000 to more than $181,000 by the third year of the contract. Dr. Brendan G. Carr, CEO of Mt. Sinai Health System, confirmed the tentative settlement in a Feb. 9 statement....