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Buffalo Members Rally in Support of CWA Healthcare Workers Fight

November 05, 2021

NYSNA nurses and healthcare workers have expressed tremendous solidarity with our union siblings at Mercy Hospital, who were on strike for nearly a month in October 2021. More than 2,000 CWA...

2021 Delegate Convention a success!

November 01, 2021

On Wednesday, October 27, NYSNA members, staff, and invited guests joined our NYSNA 2021 Delegate Convention. This was our first hybrid convention, which allowed hundreds of members across the state...

NYSNA Decries Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers

September 23, 2021

For Immediate Release: Sept. 22, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org NYSNA Decries Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers New York – For years, the media has reported on U.N. peacekeepers exploiting women and girls in Haiti, ultimately fathering and abandoning scores of children. That

Frontline Healthcare Workers to join Brooklyn Bridge March to Remember on COVID Day of Action and Awareness

August 07, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Brooklyn and New York, NY – NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals will gather to honor their fallen colleagues and patients and to call for life-saving investment and stronger workplace safety

NYSNA Statement: On the Passing of AFL_CIO President Richard Trumka

August 06, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 “NYSNA joins our union sisters and brothers in mourning the sudden death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. The son and grandson of coal miners, he spent his last few months fighting for the PRO

NYS Nurses Association announces the election of Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN as President

July 16, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 New York, NY - The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announces today the election of Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN, as the new president of the oldest nurses’ union and association in the nation

In Memoriam: Joan Rowley, RN

May 28, 2021

It is with great sadness that I post this. Our longtime NYSNA colleague, activist, and nurse Joan Rowley passed away earlier today due to COVID-19. Joanie had been battling COVID-19 in the hospital...