NYSNA Update: October 10, 2025

Huntington Nurses Sticker Up to Demand Safe Staffing

NYSNA nurses at Huntington Hospital/Northwell Health are calling attention to understaffing in several units at the hospital. Nurses organized wearing “Have a Heart Staff Smart, Safe Staffing Saves Lives!” stickers on Thursday, Oct. 9, to highlight the issue and show Northwell management that they are united in their demands to win safe staffing! Huntington nurses have been trying to bargain a fair contract that provides safe staffing and respectful wages and benefits to help recruit and retain nurses at the facility, but Northwell management has been dragging its feet in meeting nurses’ demands. Nurses are showing they are ready to act collectively and escalate as necessary!

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Flushing Hospital Nurses March on the Boss, Deliver Petition at First Bargaining Meeting

On Thursday, Oct. 9, NYSNA members at Flushing Hospital marched into the first bargaining session to deliver their petition of platform demands to management’s negotiating committee. A supermajority of nurses signed the petition outlining their core demands of enforceable safe staffing, defending access to care, protecting nurses from workplace violence, a real nurse for every patient, and fair wages and benefits. They directed their demands to the vice president of human resources, Flushing Hospital management's chief spokesperson, and showed they are ready to fight for the contract nurses and patients deserve. 

Save the Date: Join NYSNA at No Kings Day March on Oct. 18

Join NYSNA at the nationwide No Kings Day March on Oct. 18 in New York City and across the state. NYSNA nurses and healthcare workers are joining labor unions and working families throughout our city to remind the federal government that there are no kings in the United States of America, and that the power belongs to the people! Here is the list of events taking place throughout New York on Saturday, Oct. 18:

• New York City: Duarte Square, Manhattan at 11 a.m. Check out the flyer and RSVP here.
• Albany: Western Ave and Fuller Rd at noon. RSVP here.  
• Buffalo: Niagara Square at 11 a.m. RSVP here.
• Hudson Valley:  
  • Goshen: Goshen Green, corner of Church St. and Main St. at 2 p.m. RSVP here.
  • Hudson: Hudson Seventh Street Park at 1 p.m. RSVP here.
  • Poughkeepsie: Victor C. Waryas Park at noon. RSVP here.
• Brewster: Wells Park, 1:30 p.m. RSVP to come. 

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