This past weekend, NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, BSN, RN, CCRN, First Vice President Judith Cutchin, DNP, RN, and Treasurer Margaret Franks, BSN, RN, MEDSURG-BC attended the AI and the Future of Work conference alongside National Nurses United.
Thanks to the organizing efforts of NYSNA nurses at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), H+H management announced that it will expedite the new tentative parity pay date.
NYSNA nurses at NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H) fought hard for and won a contract with pay parity last year. When H+H failed to implement the July 31st parity increase, the nurses quickly mobilized to demand answers.
On August 2, nurses at Albany Medical Center held a press conference to update the community on the status of safe staffing and negotiations for a nurse contract at the hospital.
NYSNA members at Ellis Medicine, which includes Ellis Hospital and Bellevue Woman’s Center, have voted in favor of ratifying a new contract with Ellis Medicine. With nurses voting 100% in favor of ratification, averting a potential strike.