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Many nurses make far more with some hospitals paying nurses on average about $160000 when overtime and years of experience are factored in
Ms Hochul extended the order for two days that same day
The 2023 contract propelled starting salaries at major Manhattan hospitals to about $120000 in the last year
The strike left many nurses feeling betrayed by Ms Hochul
Hospital officials wanted to rely on weapon detection systems that used artificial intelligence and a range of sensors but did not create long lines or waits
Negotiators spent days hashing out what security systems hospitals would place at entryways
They had already won agreements to significantly boost their pay raises of nearly 20 percent over a three-year contract hailed as heroes who held the line during the deadly first wave of Covid-19 amid widespread burnout and deteriorating working conditions
Ms Hagans received a message from Gov Kathy Hochul and Mr Mamdani last month after negotiations had stalled urging the parties to return to the bargaining table
Nurses needed further job security protections especially in light of layoffs at NewYork-Presbyterian that cut about 2 percent of the work force
The two sides had yet to reach a resolution on minimum nurse staffing levels
Nurses marched to Ms Hochul's office in New York City on Feb 2
The fight is for staffing staffing enforcement and job security
The hospital issued a statement asserting that it was willing to pay the same wage increases agreed to by the other hospital systems
Nurses sacrificed their own pay and health care while on strike to defend patient care for all of New York
Nurses are heading back to the bedside with our heads held high
Negotiations between hospitals and the nurses’ union unfolded in a lower level of the Javits Convention Center during marathon bargaining sessions
On Jan 9 Ms Hochul had signed an executive order that declared an emergency because of health care staffing shortages which allowed the hospitals to hire out-of-state nurses to work during the strike even if they didn’t have New York licenses
The strike proved to be an unexpected test for the city’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani who took office not quite two weeks before it began and twice appeared in support of the nurses on their picket line
Tentative agreements maintain enforceable safe staffing ratios improve protections from workplace violence maintain health benefits with no additional out-of-pocket costs for frontline nurses
A few thousand travel nurses were hired on weeklong contracts to do the jobs of the striking health care workers