The Protests of Assignment are a serious matter. Attested to by NYSNA members, these documents serve as evidence of unacceptable conditions on the Units. Last year, there were a total of 22,657 POAs with 80,631 nurse signatures affixed, i.e., an average of close to four signatures per POA.
NYSNA nurses are always on the frontlines of healthcare, whether at our hospitals, providing relief in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane, or on the Mexican border witnessing first-hand the impacts of a humanitarian crisis.
In late February, NYSNA traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, to join area...
In the year 2000, measles was completely eliminated in the United States. As one of the most contagious pathogens in existence, the elimination of measles was a public health triumph decades in the making. Unfortunately, this victory has not lasted.
With the 2020 presidential campaign underway and Medicare for All once again a possibility, NYSNA has lost a dedicated ally and friend in the long fight for affordable healthcare. At the time of his death, on April 19, Max William Fine, the last surviving member of JFK’s Medicare Task Force...
Free, quality pre-K for every kid in New York City would help millions of working families like ours. Mayor de Blasio campaigned on this and is pushing Albany to approve a modest tax increase on the city’s richest, those who make more than $500,000 a year, to provide secure funding for it...
By its nature, staffing emergency rooms is a very top priority. How else do we accomplish this critical work but with adequate staff to meet every and any contingency in the protection of patients?
Now, as it turns out, ER visits are increasing under the Affordable Care Act, putting more pressure on...
