NY Nurse: January 2019

It’s called a perfect storm. At no point in NYSNA’s history has the union been engaged in bargaining on behalf of so many members at so many hospitals and facilities at one time.

NYSNA members are ready! From the public systems in NYC (see pages 7-10) and Buffalo, in upstate and downstate private...

The bargaining in Buffalo, Albany, the Hudson Valley and throughout New York City—both in the public and privates, in all the hospitals where NYSNA negotiations are now underway that share demands for safe staffing ratios, and for safe and healthy work environments—our aim throughout is to care for...

They are one and the same.

Nurses will do whatever we have to do to advocate for our patients, our communities, the quality of the care we deliver and our own survival. Whether we engage in campaigns, petitions, job actions, media outreach, pickets or even strikes, our hearts are with our patients...