Nearly 9,000 nurses in New York City are preparing to go on strike Monday at several hospitals because they lack tentative contract agreements, union officials said.
Over 7,000 New York nurses went on strike Monday morning after contract negotiations failed between NYSNA and Mount Sinai and Montefiore Bronx hospitals.
Nurses' union officials announced Sunday that tentative new contract agreements had been reached with Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West hospitals.
Despite marathon and continuing negotiations, 8,700 nurses at three hospitals in New York City are still on track to walk off the job Monday morning without a
The hospital said Sunday its current wage offer "is identical" to ratified agreements at NewYork-Presbyterian and Maimonides and would increase a Mount Sinai nurse s base salary by 19.1 percent