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TIPPING POINT A burgeoning labor movement and staff shortages challenge strained health care companies BY JACQUELINE NEBER
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t the end of last year, Montefiore Medical Center refused to voluntarily recognize residents’ and fellows’ bid to join a labor union. In February, the resident physicians sidestepped the rejection and unionized anyway. The plan had always been to join the Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents, the largest house-staff union in the country, with more than 24,000 members. But because residents and fellows have the right to decide whether they want to be represented by a union—regardless of what hospital management would prefer—when Montefiore didn’t recognize the union in November, the process moved to a National Labor Relations Board vote. On Feb. 23, residents in Montefiore’s emergency department livestreamed the NLRB vote, during which 82% of physicians opted to be part of the union. The residents’ decision to proceed with unionization follows the New York State Nurses Association’s threeday strike in January at Montefiore and at Mount Sinai Hospital. The nurses’ move resulted in historic wage hikes and provisions that are expected to improve
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DR. MUSTFA MANZUR, an emergency department resident at Montefiore, believes the recent unionization will help deliver better patient care with fewer barriers
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TRANSPORTATION
Transit union blocks proposal to reschedule subway service around hybrid work patterns
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labor arbitrator last Tuesday blocked changes to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s service plan,
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saying it would violate a contract with Transport Workers Union Local 100. The MTA argued it is trying to better align subway schedules to current commuting patterns. Beginning in June, the MTA had planned to
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reduce Monday and Friday service on seven lines: the 1, 6, 7, F, E, L and Q. In turn, it planned to increase rush-hour weekday
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