A multi-day doctors’ strike at a Mount Sinai program at Elmhurst Hospital ended Wednesday, with union officials saying a deal had been reached with the hospital.

The tentative agreement will provide the resident physicians with an 18% pay increase over three years, retroactive to November 2022, according to the Committee of Interns and Residents, the union that represented the striking doctors. They will also receive a $2,000 ratification bonus, an enforceable agreement to negotiate on hazard pay, a meal allowance and the creation of a transportation committee, the union said. The contract will expire on June 30, 2025.

"This fight was always about power, and Elmhurst residents are truly building that together," Dr. Sarah Hafuth, a doctor at Elmhurst Hospital, said in a statement.

"Getting a multi-billion-dollar revenue employer like Mount Sinai to move this far really shows what our movement as residents can achieve-even up against the most flagrant union busting and profit-driven corporations. Mount Sinai will now have to think twice about leaving Elmhurst behind and perpetuating these disparities for union doctors in the future. I also know that we are part of a larger ongoing fight for justice in our lives and in health care-and we plan on continuing that fight."

Just over 160 members from the Committee of Interns and Residents union went on strike Monday at 7 a.m. to demand the same wages as their counterparts in Manhattan. They were the first residents to strike in 33 years, the union said.

The doctors were paid $7,000 less each year than the nonunionized residents at Mount Sinai's main campus in Manhattan, the union, CIRSEIU, said this week.

The union said a first-year resident at Elmhurst earns $68,000 a year, and a first-year resident in Manhattan makes an annual salary of $75,000 a year. Without an increase, they feared the gap would increase to $11,000 by July.

Tanathun Kajornsakchai, a resident physician at Elmhurst Hospital, on Monday said the strike is significant because a lot of the hospitals throughout New York City have been going through similar negotiations during the pandemic.

“They don’t give us the pay that we deserve, after the COVID pandemic – and I was there during the pandemic at the epicenter of the whole world at one point. We deserve recognition,” he said.

Elmhurst is a public hospital, but the resident physicians who were on strike are part of a training program run by Mount Sinai. They will return to work Thursday at 7 a.m., according to the union.