Another agreement has been made with nurses as the strike deadline approaches on Monday, union officials say.
Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside reached a tentative agreement Sunday afternoon, which includes improvement in staffing standards and enforcement, protection quality health care and increases in salary.
The tentative agreement will go to members for a vote, according to the New York State Nurses Association.
"This settlement is an important settlement because of the vital role our nurses play in health care and we are certainly grateful for their role," Linda Valentino, Mount Sinai West chief nursing officer, told NY1.
There are still two city hospitals — Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai Hospital — with more than 7,100 nurses who are still slated to strike Monday morning if tentative agreements are not reached.
According to the union, out of the more than 7,100 nurses, there would be 3,500 nurses from Montefiore Medical Center and 3,600 nurses from Mount Sinai Hospital that could potentially participate in this strike.
According to data from the state’s Department of Health, Montefiore has the largest hospital bed capacity out of the two hospitals with roughly 1,560 beds in the Bronx as of Jan. 5.
The NYSNA originally announced the potential strike for nurses at several of the city’s largest private hospitals 10 days prior.
"The hospital administration has been failing the public for the members for a while now. We gave them a 10-day notice in order to make other arrangements, however it's really up to the bosses," Nancy Hagan, president of NYSNA, said in a press conference Sunday morning. "Our number one issue is the crisis of staffing chronic understaffing that harms patient care."
Tentative agreements have been reached at other hospitals, including NewYork-Presbyterian, Maimonides Medical Center, Richmond University Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center, according to the NYSNA.
BronxCare Health System and The Brooklyn Hospital Center nurses reached tentative agreements early Saturday morning.
The New York City Democratic Socialists tweeted six locations in the Bronx and Manhattan where the group plans on striking in support of the city nurses “in this struggle” — along with a Brooklyn location that will go on strike at a later date.
1/ Nurses across the city are gearing up to strike this MONDAY for fair conditions and pay! 📢🌹@nycDSA is mobilizing to support @nynurses in this struggle ✊🏥https://t.co/7u162vtEqN pic.twitter.com/HJL8SlzV3F
— NYC-DSA 🌹 (@nycDSA) January 8, 2023
According to the union, the deadline is set until 11:59 p.m. Sunday for deals to be reached, but also said it can bargain up until 5:59 a.m. Monday.