Divided Doctors Approve Public Hospital Labor Deal, With Three Facilities Voting No
A heated campaign had urged attending physicians to reject the pending contract with the city Health + Hospitals system, citing staffing and pay. This article originally appeared in The City. By Claudia Irizarry Aponte Additional reporting by Jonathan Custodio NEW YORK - Attending physicians in ten of the city’s public hospitals system facilities voted to approve a new contract with Health + Hospitals and its affiliates, their union, Doctors Council SEIU, announced Monday, ending their protracted negotiations that culminated with the threat of a strike at several public hospitals earlier this month. But a majority of physicians at three other H+H facilities — Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital and Harlem Hospital Center — rejected the deal and will go back into bargaining with the city and the private employers who provide the staffing. The votes followed an organized systemwide opposition cam...