Unions that represent two sets of Bronx workers announced on Friday that they’d reached a tentative contract
agreement with their respective managements, avoiding a potential strike in both cases.
Over 2,000 registered nurses at Montefiore Medical Center were threatening to strike by Jan. 10 if a deal wasn’t negotiated with the hospital. But on Friday, the New York State Nurses Association, representing the group, announced they’d agreed on tentative four-year contract that provides salary increases for existing workers and positions for another 125 nurses.
Another major union, 32BJ, which represents tens of thousands of office cleaners across the city, came to a deal with the Realty Advisory Board, one that maintains family healthcare coverage benefits for workers.
Both groups still need to vote on the proposed contracts this month, but the threat of a strike has been withdrawn.
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