NYSNA Nurses Make Progress on Healthcare in Third Week of Strike
5,000 nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian are in their third week on strike in the largest such action in NYC history.
Over the weekend, nurses made major progress toward protecting their high-quality healthcare —a key sticking point in bargaining at Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian. Management at Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian signed an agreement with NYSNA that maintains NYSNA Plan A health benefits with no cuts. Nurses continue to fight for fair contracts that protect patient and nurse safety. Safe staffing to ensure that every patient has a qualified nurse at their bedside and protections from workplace violence remain top priorities at the bargaining table.
Over the past two weeks of the strike, nurses have held vigils with families and patients, welcomed elected officials and allies, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, gathered in non-violent actions, and held speak-outs at all four hospitals. On Tuesday, nurses held a day of action at Mount Sinai in protest of ICE and in solidarity with our immigrant communities. Interns and residents from CIR/SEIU also joined striking nurses on the picket line at Montefiore on Monday and Mount Sinai West on Tuesday. And on Thursday, nurses joined national calls and demanded ICE out of hospitals with members of congress in the morning, and labor allies in the evening. (Read more: The latest from NY Magazine shares what NYSNA nurses have known all along – travel nurses can't replace the care that NYC staff nurses provide.)
NYC's unions have been hitting the sidewalks to stand shoulder to shoulder with these brave nurses. Strike lines are up and running up at locations in the Bronx and Manhattan, and the busiest times are 11AM-1PM. Schedules may change so make sure to follow the nurses on Facebook, Bluesky, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest updates on picket lines and locations, and we'll see you out there!