Victory! Arbitrator awards NYSNA and NS-LIJ Southside Labor and Delivery Staffing
This is a victory for safe patient care!
The labor and delivery unit night shift at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Southside Hospital was left without sufficient auxiliary staff for months, potentially jeopardizing...
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried is sponsor of New York Health, single payer legislation that promises to replace the commercial health insurance system with one that guarantees universal access for all, has been holding hearings across the state for several weeks eliciting testimony and gathering...
In October, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued non-mandatory guidelines to assist medical facilities in preparing for Ebola. The New York State Department of Health went a step beyond: requiring that medical facilities in NYS follow the CDC guidelines on Ebola protection for...
For Anne Bové, RN, the release of Dr. Craig Spencer on November 11 followed many weeks of extraordinary vigilance and effort. Even today, New York hospitals, Bellevue chief among them, have to be prepared in the event a patient with the Ebola Virus Disease might arrive. The virus continues to rage...
NYSNA Nurses at Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and New York Presbyterian Hospital – 9,000 strong - achieved a breakthrough on December 23 by reaching an agreement with management of the hospitals to meet together with all of our bargaining committees...
By now, no one has any doubts that we’re not the organization we once were. Many members used to see the union as something apart: a third party. That reality allowed our employers to run roughshod over us, attacking our pensions, benefits, practice and even basic principles of respect on the job.
It was a big win for public health, and for NYSNA, when, after two years of study, New York State put a hold on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas – known as “fracking”. The delay, of at least several years, amounts to a ban for the foreseeable future, as announced by state officials on December...
More than 18,000 members at 14 hospitals throughout New York City are working towards fair contracts in negotiations at this time. What unites these efforts is the most critical issue to patients and nurses alike: Safe Staffing.
The demand for Safe Staffing resonates throughout our facilities, from...
“I became a nurse because I wanted to help people.” This is the most common reply to the question, “Why did you choose nursing?” So many of us are frustrated because we find that helping people is a challenge. Roadblocks created by hospital bureaucracy and the inability to keep people healthy...
