With less than 48 hours before nurses are set to walk off the job at some New York City hospitals, their union says agreements have been reached at more facilities. But the strike threat remains at four hospitals.
Negotiations at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian are continuing through the weekend, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
“From day one, nurses have been ready to bargain,” NYSNA President Nancy Hagans said Saturday. The hospitals that still haven’t reached an agreement “have chosen to throw away hundreds of millions of dollars fighting against their own frontline nurses.”…