The tentative four-year collective bargaining agreement covers nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian systems.
It includes across-the-board wage increases of 3 percent in each year of the contract and full retroactive pay, as well as $100 million to hire nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai St. Luke’s hospitals, according to news releases from the alliance and union.
It also offers retirees additional health benefits, includes a recommitment from alliance hospitals to fill all current open nurse positions and an agreement to spend $100 million to hire nurses.
The agreement, which would expires on Dec. 31, 2022, comes after nurses planned a strike for April 2.That strike was postponed, pending further bargaining.
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