NYSNA Update: August 22, 2025
Syosset Nurses March on the Boss!
Over one-third of all NYSNA Nurses at Syosset Hospital/Northwell Health marched on the boss on Wednesday, Aug. 20, to demand Northwell stop dragging its feet, agree to a bargaining location and start negotiating a fair contract! Nurses packed the conference room and met with the hospital’s chief financial officer and the chief nursing officer. Some nurses had to stay in the doorway because of the high turnout. Nurses were energized and outspoken and had a clear message for Northwell: Stop stalling and start negotiating! Nurses are ready to bargain for safe staffing and the wages and benefits they deserve, and they are united in their demands for a fair contract. Way to go, Syosset nurses!
Claxton-Hepburn and Carthage Area Nurses Are Organizing for a Fair Contract!
NYSNA Nurses at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center & Carthage Area Hospital are currently bargaining for a new contract. But they’re not just engaged at the bargaining table. Nurses have also been busy collecting signatures from members to show their unity and support in the fight for safe patient care, fair wages and better benefits!
ECMC Nurses Win Staffing Fights, Engage in Their Community
When Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) nurses from the intensive care unit (ICU) were told to stop picking up overtime in the medical-surgical unit, they came together to advocate for a commonsense solution that would help alleviate chronic understaffing in their facility. After months of discussion, management agreed to compensate ICU nurses to get the necessary training and competencies to take med-surg shifts so they can volunteer to pick up overtime and reduce short staffing on those units. In the emergency department (ED), staff successfully demanded that administration remove an assessment requirement from triage that was slowing patient intake. Nurses successfully advocated that the assessment be moved to a more appropriate time. This is an important victory for ECMC patients and nurses, because ECMC has some of the longest ED wait times in New York state.
NYSNA nurses have been busy spreading the word of upcoming union events to LBU members! They are tabling at the hospital to remind fellow nurses of the upcoming Buffalo Labor Day parade and to sign up for the NYSNA Convention. Nurses are also engaging with their community by collecting school supplies to donate to a local public school so kids in their community have the resources they need in the new school year.