Overview
- Union negotiators now seek an 18% raise over three years for Mount Sinai nurses—7% in year one, 6% in year two, and 5% in year three—while holding firm on staffing enforcement and pay differentials.
- Roughly 15,000 NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian have been on strike since January 12, with mediated bargaining sessions resuming intermittently this week.
- Hospital executives argue the union’s package is unaffordable and point to funding pressures; Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian say they are not seeking to cut employer-funded benefits, a claim the union disputes, and Montefiore says healthcare is not being negotiated.
- Contingency operations remain expensive, with Bloomberg reporting more than $100 million spent on travel nurses across the systems and some replacements earning over $9,000 per week.
- The National Right to Work Foundation issued guidance telling nurses they can avoid union strike fines by resigning membership before returning to work.