The New York State Nurses Association and NewYork-Presbyterian reached a tentative agreement on raises, staffing and on-the-job safety to end its strike, the union announced late Tuesday night. The tentative deal at NYP, the last of the three hospital systems where nurses have been on strike since Jan. 12, will likely put an end to the work stoppage that involved 15,000 people.
The three-year agreement is pending ratification by the union’s rank-and-file members, who have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to approve or reject the deal. The tentative agreement includes the same 12% salary increases that the union secured in earlier deals with Mount Sinai and Montefiore, as well as agreements on nurse-to-patient ratios and addressing workplace violence.
The earliest date that the approximately 5,000 striking nurses at NYP-Columbia, Allen Hospital, and the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital campuses will return to work is Feb. 14…