Public-sector nurses at NYC Health + Hospitals are getting their biggest pay bump ever after an arbitrator intervened in stalled contract negotiations. The arbitrator made a binding decision to award the nurses a contract increasing their pay by about 37% over five-and-a-half years, putting the nurses' salaries on par with their private-sector counterparts and making it easier to fill some 2,000 vacancies across the public hospital system.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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