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Video: COP21 - Remarks by NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez

December 09, 2015

Remarks by NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez were featured as part of a panel discussion held December 8 as the COP21 summit continues in Paris, France. Trade unionists and others discussed real...

Video: ‘Rolling Over Racism’

October 23, 2015

NYSNA RNs held a road trip, “Rolling Over Racism,” on the evening of October 23 outside the offices of Interim Healthcare in Nanuet, NY, to speak out against the company and a racist classified ad it...

Caring for All New Yorkers

October 23, 2015

Caring for All New Yorkers – that was the theme of NYSNA’s 2015 Convention. And we turned that mission into action. We rallied with the community against the “bomb trains” filled with unstable...

Nurses Speak Out About Fracking Oil Trains: ‘Don’t Let NY Be Next’

October 21, 2015

Contact: Kristi Barnes, kristi.barnes@nysna.org, (646) 853-4489 For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 21 Nurses, Elected Officials, Environmental and Community Advocates Declare Oil Trains a Threat to Public Health Activists Stage Die-In to Dramatize Threat of Oil Train Explosions Saratoga

NY's Largest Nurses Union Condemns Discriminatory Ad Against Haitian Nurses Placed in Rockland County Pennysaver

October 20, 2015

For Immediate Release: October 20, 2015 “Road Trip Against Racism” Rally Planned for Wednesday SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – During the annual convention of NY’s largest union of registered nurses and caregivers happening in Saratoga Springs, nurses spoke out in response to a recent incident involving

NYSNA Alert: Emergency Preparedness for Hurricane Joaquin

October 02, 2015

NYSNA is closely monitoring Hurricane Joaquin, the Category 4 hurricane now near the Bahamas. Coastal areas on the Atlantic, including New York, are under a Coastal Flood Watch and a High Wind...

Shore Nurses Union Releases Radio Ad Calling on Shore Medical Management to Agree to a Fair Contract

September 29, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2015 SOMERS POINT, NJ – Today, the Shore Nurses Union released a radio ad calling on the management at Shore Medical to negotiate a fair contract and avoid a strike. After management failed to offer a fair deal, refused to bargain in good faith and repeatedly