Mount Sinai’s agreement also includes a 19% increase over three years; wall-to-wall safe staffing ratios for all units, new staffing enforcement language; potential financial penalties if the hospital doesn’t uphold staffing ratios; and preserved health care benefits.
According to NYSNA, which represents about 17,000 nurses in the city and 42,000 statewide, the nurses finished voting on their contracts on Wednesday at Mount Sinai and…