NYSNA Update: June 12, 2026
Catholic Health/St. Charles Nurses Vote to Authorize Strike
This week, nearly 300 NYSNA nurses at Catholic Health/St. Charles Hospital voted unanimously to authorize a strike! The vote comes after nurses’ contract expired at the end of March and after more than a dozen bargaining sessions with management. Now, the St. Charles Executive Committee has the authority to call a strike with a 10-day notice if hospital management fails to settle a fair contract.
On Friday, June 11, nurses held a press conference to announce the results of the strike vote and to call attention to the ongoing staffing crisis at St. Charles. Despite agreeing to safe staffing standards during nurses’ previous contract campaign, hospital management has consistently disregarded the previously agreed-upon ratios and New York’s safe staffing law. Ryan Stanton, executive director of the Long Island Federation of Labor, joined nurses at the press conference. See photos from this week’s strike vote and today’s press conference at facebook.com/nynurses.
Keep up the good fight, St. Charles nurses! Your community is relying on you to safeguard patient care in Port Jeff!
NYSNA nurses at Catholic Health/St. Joseph Hospital are also continuing bargaining after their previous contract expired in March. Nurses at Catholic Health/St. Catherine of Siena are set to begin bargaining this week, though their contract does not expire until the end of July. Nurses at all three Catholic Health hospitals are united for fair contracts that deliver safe staffing, protections from workplace violence and fair wages.
BronxCare Special Care Nurses Ratify New Contract!
This week, NYSNA nurses at BronxCare Special Care voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract! Highlights of the contract include improvements to staffing enforcement language, protections against discipline when using contractual sick time, and 4% wage increases in each year of the contract. Congratulations, BronxCare Special Care nurses!
NYSNA Nurses at The Brooklyn Hospital Center Continue Staffing Victories
Last week, through the new staffing enforcement process won in their latest contract campaign, NYSNA nurses at The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) secured another staffing victory! The emergency department will add 12 new full-time nurses, a much-needed increase in staffing that will bring the department to the staffing levels that NYSNA members fought for and are contractually entitled to.
Over the last three weeks, NYSNA members at TBHC have won increased staffing on three units: the intensive care unit, cardiac-telemetry and the emergency department. In total, these three staffing victories will add 37 new NYSNA nurses to the ranks at TBHC. Congratulations, TBHC nurses!