NYSNA Healthcare Workers at UVM-CVPH Speak Out for Safe Staffing and a Fair Contract
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 AT 12 PM**
Contact: Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | 518-776-8337
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT UVM-CVPH SPEAK OUT FOR SAFE STAFFING AND A FAIR CONTRACT
Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Sound the Alarm to Hold Management Accountable on Rampant Hospital Understaffing
Management Puts Forward a Plan That Makes Safety Worse—And Themselves Less Accountable
Plattsburgh, N.Y.– On Wednesday, April 29, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses and healthcare professionals at University of Vermont-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (UVM-CVPH) are speaking out for a fair contract that protects safe patient care. Understaffing is a widespread problem in the hospital and puts quality patient care at risk, but UVM-CVPH administration is trying to avoid accountability for safe staffing standards in the contract.
Last year, UVM-CVPH hospital administrators made the patient safety standards required by New York State’s staffing law less safe in much of the hospital, over the objections of NYSNA members. At the bargaining table, the hospital does not want to be held accountable for safety standards at all. NYSNA members have proposed several solutions to address the hospital staffing crisis, but hospital management instead wants changes that only stand to make staffing worse. Healthcare workers and our allies are calling on UVM-CVPH to listen to those who care for this community and will speak out about current conditions and safety concerns.
WHO: NYSNA healthcare workers and allies
WHAT: Speak-out for safe staffing and a fair contract
WHEN: Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00 p.m. noon
WHERE: UVM-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, 214 Cornelia St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Photos will be available at https://www.facebook.com/nynurses/ after the speak out
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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.