The Brief
- New York City nurses on strike for nearly a month have made progress in contract negotiations, with improved staffing ratios and new safety standards at Montefiore Medical Center on the way.
- Still, the New York State Nurses Association says that hospitals have spent heavily on temporary staff, while continuing to pay for replacement nurses instead of settling contracts.
- Nurses from the Mount Sinai, New York-Presbyterian and Montefiore health systems are pushing for what they deem to be a more favorable contract.
NEW YORK – New York City nurses on strike for nearly a month have made progress in contract negotiations, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), with improved staffing ratios and new safety standards at Montefiore Medical Center on the way.
Still, the NYSNA says that hospitals have spent heavily on temporary staff, while continuing to pay for replacement nurses instead of settling contracts.
What they’re saying:…