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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 1, 2021 Contact:  Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 AMC-NYSNA nurses overwhelmingly approve their contract that delivers safe staffing, a voice in patient care, and financial security Nurses rejoice after long struggle against anti-union AMC Albany

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 NYSNA and Albany Medical Center reach agreement on first union contract for nearly 2,000 nurses at the hospital Members voting today, tomorrow on historic contract that delivers safe staffing and a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2021 CONTACT: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 Nurses raise concerns that patients could be diverted to other hospitals if Olean Administration does not invest in frontline nursing workforce

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES: May 19, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Nurses and healthcare workers say landmark staffing legislation will improve hospital and nursing home staffing levels, but patients need quality

CONTACT: Kristi.Barnes | Kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 ***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, SATURDAY, MAY 1*** May Day Speak Out and Labor Celebration in Washington Park Attacked by Albany Med as “Communist” Local Nurses, Firefighters, Building

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 26, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 Call To Action Comes On the Heels of The New York State Legislature Pushing a Safe Staffing Bill Albany Medical Center Proposed the Cuts after Nurses Worked Day and Night for Patients and the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 13, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Nearly 200 Official Complaints Filed by More than 750 Nurses About Understaffing at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in the Last Two Years Long Island Nurses Tell Albany: Pass Safe Staffing