NYSNA Update: April 25, 2025
Nathan Littauer Nurses Speak Out for a Fair Contract
After holding a speak-out last week, on Thursday, April 24, NYSNA nurses at Nathan Littauer Hospital held an informational picket and press conference to demand a fair contract. They called on management to return to the table, stop playing games with patient care, and settle the fair contract that nurses and patients deserve. Nurses are fighting to ensure that the only hospital in Fulton County can meet the community’s needs and provide safe, quality patient care. That’s why their top contract demands include safe staffing and respectful wages and benefits to keep qualified nurses at the bedside. Show support for Nathan Littauer nurses by signing their petition here.
NYC H+H Nurses Gather at H+H/Kings County to Rally for Sick Time
New York City Health+Hospitals (H+H)/Mayorals nurses continue to fight back against a punitive sick leave change that reduces nurses’ sick leave and pressures them to work sick. Despite nurses’ frontline exposure to infectious disease and the right to use earned sick leave, H+H has begun pressuring nurses to work sick and “counseling” registered nurses for using sick leave. This is bad for both nurses and our communities. H+H nurses are not backing down. They will keep up the pressure by bringing their concerns directly to the H+H Board of Directors and public at H+H/South Brooklyn Health on Tuesday, April 29. Members will speak out before the annual meeting and testify to board members and the public. We will continue to fight until H+H leaders do the right thing and reverse this unfair policy to maintain a healthy workplace for nurses, patients and the public. Take action to let H+H leadership know how you feel about nurses working sick. Read more about the rally on social media or view the photo slideshow.
ECMC Nurses Fight for Paid Family Leave
The fight for paid family leave at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) heats up. Paid family leave is a critical resource that offers New Yorkers job-protected, paid time off after the birth of a child or when a member of their household is sick or overseas on deployment. But to access New York’s Paid Family Leave program, public sector nurses must opt into it.
ECMC members have been fighting for months to have management agree to provide paid family leave. They finally got management to agree—congrats, nurses! Now members just have to vote yes to opt in! Elections are open at the hospital May 5 or at Terrace View May 9!