{"id":3785,"date":"2023-01-09T05:11:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T11:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2023-03-21T02:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T07:35:11","slug":"2-nyc-hospitals-dodge-nurse-strike-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=3785","title":{"rendered":"2 NYC hospitals dodge nurse strike as others prep for \u2018really bad situation\u2019<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of four city hospitals facing a\u00a0looming nurses strike\u00a0reached a last-minute agreement with the union Sunday \u2014 as a top doc at another facility warned of a \u201creally bad situation\u201d if staffers walk out.
\nNurses at Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West came to an agreement with management Sunday afternoon, even as thousands of other nurses prepared to strike at 6 a.m. Monday at Mount Sinai\u2019s main campus and Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx.
\n\u201cThis is not a good thing for us, for the patients \u2026 We are really, really in a bad situation,\u201d a Mt. Sinai obstetrics higher-up told his staff at the end of a call Sunday, preparing them for the possibility they will have to deliver their patients\u2019 babies at Lenox Hill Hospital or NYU Langone, according to audio obtained by The Post.
\nThe chief doctor and his team directed physicians to begin calling patients to prepare them for the possibility of a strike and warned that they may not be able to be present for delivery if they haven\u2019t received credentials for the other hospitals.
\nMount Sinai Morningside\/West are the latest hospitals to reach an agreement with its nurses after 16,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association authorized a strike Dec. 30, giving affected hospitals a 10-day deadline to reach a deal.
\nMount Sinai management, who employ 3,628 nurses at their main campus, walked out on negotiations amid an impasse Thursday but returned to the bargaining table Sunday.
\nThe massive medical complex and its competitors are beset by understaffing and scheduling practices that have left nurses spread thin, according to union leaders.
\n\u201cThe No. 1 issue is the crisis of understaffing,\u201d NYSNA President Nancy Hagans told reporters amid negotiations Sunday morning.
\nThe emergency room at the Bronx\u2019s Montefiore, where the union has 3,476 members, \u201cis often so overcrowded that patients are admitted in beds in a hallway instead of hospital rooms,\u201d Hagans said.
\n\u201cWe are here to negotiate in good faith, to make sure that the nurses have enough resources to care for the patients.\u201d
\nA representative for Mount Sinai heralded the agreement reached for Mount Sinai Morningside\/West and said the \u201cexact wage agreement\u201d had been offered to nurses at the main campus, too.
\n\u201cWe are continuing to actively\u00a0negotiate\u00a0in good faith with NYSNA and hope they will accept our offer \u2013 which would provide an additional $51,000 in cash compensation for each nurse and $19,500 in medical and pension payment benefits over three years,\u201d spokeswoman Lucia Lee said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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