Staffing Victory: Montefiore Nurses Win Arbitration Award!

(Email Update February 7, 2025)

On Jan. 24, medical/surgical nurses at Montefiore Weiler Hospital won a safe staffing arbitration award. The arbitrator found 88 violations that he referred to as “a pattern of understaffing which negatively impacted the nurses by creating an excessive workload” and awarded $55,947.60 to the 75 understaffed nurses to remedy those violations. He also held that the record established “higher-than-usual patient acuity or unsafe working conditions,” relying in large part on protests of assignments (POAs) as an “essential piece of evidence.”  

This victory is a direct result of the great work that the Montefiore nurses did to record staffing issues and their active participation throughout the arbitration process. Nurses testified in detail regarding the POAs they filed and the serious impact on patient care when their 1:5 ratio is not met. Congratulations, Montefiore nurses, for continuing to hold management accountable to safe staffing to ensure patients are receiving the care, dignity and respect they deserve!