Negotiations between Mount Sinai Hospital and the union representing its nurses have hit a wall. According to the union, the New York State Nurses Association, which represents 1,900 Mount Sinai nurses, talks broke down Friday after the union announced its intention to picket March 11. At that point, the union contends hospital officials canceled three negotiating sessions set for this month.
The nursing contract expired December 31, and negotiations have stalled over wages and a plan by the hospital to reclassify how it counts paid time off.
In an e-mail message, a hospital spokeswoman said the hospital was ready to negotiate, and that the union broke off negotiations. She said the hospital offered a ratification bonus of $575 to each nurse and a 3% wage increase for each year of a three-year contract.
A union spokesman, Mark Genovese, said a strike has not been ruled out, but union officials prefer to “see this play out at the negotiation table first.”
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