**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, NOV. 14 AT 11AM**
NYSNA Nurses and Community Allies Speak Out Against Montefiore Understaffing
With Contracts for Three Major Montefiore Hospitals Expiring on Dec. 31, Nurses Join Forces to Launch Campaign for Fair Contracts
Nurses Highlight Vacancy Rate of 25% to Demand Montefiore Settle a Fair Contract that Helps Recruit and Retain Nurses for Safe Patient Care
Contact: Anna Sterling | anna.sterling@nysna.org | 646-673-0419
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
Mount Vernon, N.Y.— Nurses from three Montefiore facilities—Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Nyack—will gather alongside community allies and elected officials to sound the alarm about the staffing crisis facing all three hospitals that threatens to impact patient care.
Nurses are joining forces to speak out on the crisis of understaffing and demand Montefiore settle a fair contract — before all three contracts expire on Dec. 31. This is the first time that all three hospitals will be bargaining on a common contract expiration and a common platform. Nurses are demanding Montefiore settle fair contracts that prioritize enforceable safe staffing ratios, competitive wages, and improvements to health and educational benefits that honor nurses’ service and quality care.
WHO: Nurses and healthcare professionals of the New York State Nurses Association, community allies and elected officials including Assemblyman Chris Burdick, Westchester County Legislators Catherine Borgia and Colin Smith, Westchester County Legislator-elect Emilijana Ulaj, Michael Yellin, co-chair of the New Rochelle Alliance for Justice and Ximena Francella, co-chair of Hispanic Democrats of Westchester
WHAT: Speak-out for Safe Staffing at All Montefiore Hospitals
WHERE: Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital, 12 N 7th Ave, Mt Vernon, NY 10550
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 11:00 a.m.
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The New York State Nurses Association represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York’s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country's largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.
