Nurses type non-public NYC hospitals voted to authorize a strike on Dec. 22, 2025.
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Greater than 14,000 private-sector nurses are set to go on strike Monday morning at main hospitals all through NYC, barring a surprising eleventh-hour take care of administration, New York State Nurses Affiliation (NYSNA) representatives stated on Sunday.
Nancy Hagans, RN, president of NYSNA, stated on Jan. 11 that NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital areas will strike at 6 a.m. on Jan. 12, adopted by Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals at 7 a.m. Monday. Hagans stated nurses won’t stroll out if administration on the three areas meets the nurses’ calls for on enhancing office security and staffing requirements—key objects which were sticking factors all through the negotiation course of.
“As of right now, nearly 15,000 nurses are set to strike tomorrow,” she stated Sunday. “Unfortunately, we have made very little progress at the bargaining table. Once again, our bosses made very little effort to meet and bargain.”
Hagans stated administration missed most of a gathering targeted on negotiating on Jan. 10. The nurses and their bosses are in disagreement on affected person and nurse security. Hagans stated wages are negotiable.
“Although we are willing to negotiate on salary, they have failed to deliver meaningful counterproposals and are still threatening healthcare cuts for frontline nurses,” she stated, including that NYSNA members are open to negotiating extra till the clock strikes 6 a.m.
Strike talks started final 12 months with nurses from 12 non-public hospitals negotiating for enhancements and wage will increase. Mutual agreements have already been met at a number of of these medical facilities, Hagans stated, leaving Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian in ready.
Contract disputes have been settled at different non-public hospitals, together with some Northwell websites, by final week. Northwell/ Plainview Hospital, Syosset and Huntington nurses signed tentative agreements on new contracts on Jan. 9 that, the union says, shield secure affected person care, averting a nurse strike on Lengthy Island.
Key contract agreements embrace an approximate 5% annual wage enhance every year of the contract, improved staffing requirements, sustaining agreed-upon well being advantages for nurses, and improved pension and retiree well being at Plainview Hospital.
“Nurses at the hospitals that settled contracts will now vote to ratify their contracts,” Hagans stated.
Sufferers ought to nonetheless go to the hospital
In the meantime, administration at Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian hospitals stated they’re ready for a strike and have efforts in place to ship care if nurses stroll off the job.
“A strike will pose challenges for sure, but our institutions will do whatever is necessary to minimize disruptions to the delivery of the safe, high-quality care we are known for,” the hospitals stated in a joint assertion. “We ask NYSNA leadership to reconsider their decision to strike. But if a strike occurs, we are ready to safely care for our patients whatever the duration.”
Joe Solmonese, senior vp of strategic communications at Montefiore, added that NYSNA’s calls for are “reckless and irresponsible,” zeroing in on their wage talks. He stated the calls for equal complete $3.6 billion, together with an almost 40% wage enhance.
“We are preparing for what we anticipate could be a multi-week strike, and are resolute in devoting whatever resources are necessary to safe and seamless care for our community,” Solmonese stated.
Regardless of the staffing points, sufferers ought to nonetheless go to the hospital in the event that they want care, each administration and NYSNA members stated.
If a Jan. 12 strike happens, it would doubtless be the most important nurse strike in metropolis historical past. Yvonne Armstrong, president of SEIU1199, stated the healthcare union “stands in solidarity” with NYSNA.
“SEIU1199 calls on hospital management to bargain in good faith with NYSNA, refrain from committing unfair labor practices, and sign fair contracts that honor nurses’ contributions,” she stated in a press release. “It is vital that nurses’ voices are heard so they can continue to uphold the quality care that New Yorkers depend on.”
