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Sanders came to NJ for a "field hearing" of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
The nurses are slated to get a 37% raise over five years, thanks to an intervention from an outside arbitrator. Their pay will be on par with the private sector.
While workforce data shows new nurses are entering the profession in large numbers, those monitoring health care trends said staffing gaps remain at NYC hospitals.
The nurses plan to walk off the job on Feb. 27 if their demands for more robust staffing and higher pay are not met.
About 800 nurses at South Shore University Hospital voted to authorize a strike on Friday, meaning 10-day notice of such an action could be given anytime.
The 4-month-old baby died in Mount Sinai’s neonatal intensive care unit on Jan. 11. The hospital initiated a review of his death last week, according to internal communications reviewed by Gothamist.
An inside look at the agreement shows the strike delivered some key concessions around staffing that nurses said were key to patient safety and their own wellbeing.
About 7,000 nurses that had hit the picket lines will be back at work Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, Montefiore representatives shared some of the latest offers it had put on the table.
Sources described out-of-practice physician assistants triaging patients, non-union nurses working marathon shifts and ambulances stuck in traffic.