New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)-represented Nurses employed at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West and NewYork-Presbyterian in New York City resumed bargaining on Thursday (January 23rd) after being urged back to the negotiating table by Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Mamdani. NYSNA said its Nurses stand ready to bargain to reach fair contracts and end the strike. With continued support of mediators, Nurses plan on bargaining daily to settle fair contracts that protect patient and Nurse safety. However, NYSNA Nurses are continuing their Strike until tentative agreements are reached with the Hospitals.  

NYSNA, which represents more than 42,000 Members across the State, is New York’s largest Union and Professional Association for Registered Nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United (NNU) - the country's largest and fastest-growing Union and Professional Association of Registered Nurses, with more than 225,000 Members nationwide.

Meanwhile, The Guardian reported New York City may be experiencing some of its coldest weather of the Winter, with sub-zero temperatures biting fingers and nipping cheeks, but that hasn’t prevented thousands of Nurses from taking to the picket line for what is the largest Nurses Strike in the City’s history. Almost 15,000 Nurses who work for three separate Hospital Systems have been on Strike since January 12th, holding out for increased staffing, better safety in hospitals and improved health care benefits. NYSNA has pointed to the giant pay packages that Hospital CEOs have received, at a time when Nurses say there are too few of them to adequately care for patients. The strike has pulled support from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, both of whom joined striking Nurses outside a Mount Sinai hospital earlier this week. Said Mamdani: “When we see a Strike, people forget that that is not where Workers want to be. The Strike is an act of last resort. What Workers want is to be back at work. This is about safe working conditions. This is about a fair contract. This is about dignity. What this is in fact about is recognizing the worth of each and every Nurse in this City.”

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