NYSNA to Hold Press Briefing on Negotiations and Jan. 12 Strike Deadline
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY, JAN. 10 AT 11 AM**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA to Hold Press Briefing on Negotiations and Jan. 12 Strike Deadline
BronxCare, The Brooklyn Hospital Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center nurses latest –and last remaining NYC safety-net hospital nurses— reach tentative agreements, withdraw strike noticesNurses at 4 NYC hospitals still set to strike on Monday, Jan. 12 in what would be largest nurse strike in NYC history if contract agreements to protect patient and nurse safety are not reached
Long Island strike averted as Northwell/ Syosset and Huntington Hospital nurses reach tentative contract agreements
New York, NY— NYSNA will hold a virtual press briefing on Saturday, Jan. 10 from 11:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. with NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, BSN, CCRN, to provide an update on New York City contract negotiations, including at the 4 hospitals that could strike beginning Jan. 12 unless tentative agreements are reached.
WHAT: NYSNA virtual press briefing
WHERE: Zoom. All participants must register at
https://nysna.zoom.us/meeting/register/fQOyPbxeQpiNbcK4ZSXulw
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 10 from 11-11:30 a.m.
Media will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the briefing. The briefing will be recorded and distributed to members of the press who register at the link below.
On Friday, Jan. 9, NYSNA nurses held an emergency solidarity action at the League of Voluntary Hospitals to demand that hospital executives from the city’s wealthiest hospitals come to the table and agree to protections from workplace violence, healthcare for frontline nurses, and safe staffing.
Friday, nurses at The Brooklyn Hospital Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center reached full tentative agreements and Bronxcare nurses rescinded their strike notice based on agreements reached on nurse staffing, health care and wages. Nurses are urging the management at the wealthiest hospitals to follow the lead of safety-net hospitals and negotiate fair contracts that improve safe staffing, fully fund health benefits for nurses, and protect nurses from workplace violence. If management refuses to negotiate a fair deal, NYSNA nurses will go on the largest unfair labor practice nurse strike in New York City history on Jan. 12.
Negotiations at Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and West, Montefiore, and NewYork-Presbyterian will continue today and through the weekend. Key sticking points in negotiations include management’s threats to cut healthcare benefits for the frontline nurses who care for New York City, management’s attempt to roll back safe staffing standards that nurses won when they went on strike at two major hospitals three years ago, and management’s refusal to agree to protections from workplace violence, despite a recent active shooter incident at Mount Sinai Hospital and yesterday evening’s horrific violent incident at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
Northwell/ Plainview, Syosset and Huntington nurses signed tentative agreements on new contracts yesterday that protect safe patient care, averting a nurse strike on Long Island.
NYSNA launched a new advertising campaign and website this fall that calls out hospital greed. Visit nychospitalgreed.com to learn more. Previously, nurses launched a website for New Yorkers to learn more about how to support NYSNA members: https://www.nursescareforny.org/
Long Island and New York City nurses are united and willing to do whatever is necessary to protect their patients and their communities.
Striking is always a last resort, but nurses say they are prepared to strike if hospital administration gives them no other option.
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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.