NYSNA Update: April 2, 2026
Nurses at WMC-HealthAlliance Ratify Contract!
After months of bargaining for a fair contract that protects nurses and patients, NYSNA nurses at Westchester Medical Center (WMC)-HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston ratified a strong contract on Monday. Nurses at WMC-HealthAlliance have been demanding protection from workplace violence, an issue that has only been growing over the last several years. Nurses spoke out on March 11 and secured a contract agreement that makes significant steps toward addressing nurse and patient safety and secures strong wage gains and protected benefits. Spectrum, Becker’s, Times Union, Crain’s and the Daily Freeman covered the nurses’ ratification.
Nurses at UVM-Elizabethtown Ratify Contract and Secure Life-Changing Benefits!
After months of bargaining for a fair contract that helps recruit and retain nurses, NYSNA nurses at University of Vermont (UVM)-Elizabethtown Community Hospital ratified a contract that secures life-changing benefits. After months of bargaining and years of fighting for improved benefits, nurses secured entrance into the NYSNA Benefit Fund, a win that will cut monthly payments for health benefits for some nurses by over 90%. Nurses at Adirondack Medical Center, UVM-Alice Hyde Medical Center and UVM-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital continue to fight for fair contracts.
NYSNA Nurses March in No Kings March!
Last Saturday, NYSNA nurses joined thousands of New Yorkers in last Saturday’s No Kings march in New York City, one of thousands of actions that took place across the country to protest federal attacks on our communities. Organizers say it was the largest day of protest in U.S. history. NYSNA nurses rose up to defend our communities from the recent federal attacks on healthcare, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, healthcare funding and access to care. President Hagans was one of the keynote speakers at a press conference kicking off the New York City march. Other key speakers included New York State Attorney General Letitia James, the New York Immigration Coalition, Padma Lakshmi, Make the Road New York, NAACP New York State Conference, New York Civil Liberties Union, Working Families Party, Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Common Defense, Pop for Climate, Invest in Our New York, Amadou Ly Foundation, New York City Trans and Queer Coalition, and Robert de Niro. To see more photos of this historic day, visit our Facebook page.