Mount Sinai came to our community in 2018 with the promise of turning South Nassau into their “flagship” hospital on Long Island. But slapping their name on our hospital has mostly meant jacked-up prices for patients while nurses are stretched thin. Nurses and the Long Island community call on Mount Sinai to FIND A WAY to deliver a fair contract for South Nassau nurses and patients.
Profits Over Patients:
When it comes to paying their top executives, Mount Sinai always finds a way. Mount Sinai CEO Brendan Carr brought in $5.4 million in total compensation in 2024. In 2023, former CEO Kenneth Davis brought in $7.2 million in total compensation. A total of 10 Sinai executives and doctors made well over $1 million in 2023 in salary, bonuses and perks. But when it comes to making sure there are always enough nurses at the bedside to provide safe, quality care for Long Island patients, management at Mount Sinai South Nassau claims they can’t find a way. They refuse to agree to safe staffing standards for the sickest patients, even though it’s the law!
Union Busting is Disgusting:
Mount Sinai has a history of union busting at Mount Sinai South Nassau. After nurses voted to form a union in 2023, Mount Sinai unlawfully fired a vocal union leader and has been pushing back on nurses’ contract proposals every step of the way. Hospital executives have also hidden information about safe staffing, surveilled members, destroyed union literature, unilaterally changed nurses’ schedules, and then retaliated against them for speaking out against potentially unlawful changes. Unacceptable!
Mount Sinai has a history of union busting at its other hospitals, as well. Last fall, administrators at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan responded to nurses’ demands for nurse and patient safety with aggressive union-busting. Mount Sinai management unfairly disciplined 14 vocal nurse leaders — some for speaking out after an active shooter situation at the hospital, and others for speaking to colleagues about their union and contract negotiations. NYSNA filed several Unfair Labor Practice charges against Mount Sinai for retaliation.