NYSNA Nurses to Announce Results of Strike Authorization Vote for 20,000 Nurses at 12 NYC Hospitals
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR DEC. 22 AT 11 A.M.**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA NURSES TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF STRIKE AUTHORIZATION VOTE FOR 20,000 NURSES AT 12 NYC HOSPITALS
With Dec. 31 Contract Expiration Fast Approaching, NYSNA Nurses Mobilize for Strike Vote
New York, N.Y. - On Monday, Dec. 22, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses will announce the outcome of strike authorization votes that took place at 12 New York City private sector hospitals whose contracts expire on Dec. 31, 2025. This vote gives their bargaining committees the authority to call a strike if a contract that protects safe patient care is not settled by the end of the year.
WHAT: Strike Vote Authorization Announcement Press Conference
WHO: NYSNA nurse leaders from NYC hospitals
WHEN: Dec. 22 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: New York State Nurses Association, 131 West 33rd St. 2nd Floor, New York
Amid federal attacks on healthcare, New York City nurses are demanding that hospitals do their part to protect safe patient care. That means agreeing to a fair contract that ensures patients have enough nurses to provide safe patient care.
Nurses at 12 hospitals have been bargaining for several months, but hospital administrators have responded to nurses’ demands with avoidance and delays. Employers have yet to propose serious economic counterproposals. Some employers have proposed givebacks that would harm nurses’ ability to deliver safe patient care and would make it harder to hold hospitals accountable for maintaining safe staffing levels. Employers have refused to guarantee healthcare benefits for nurses, seriously jeopardizing healthcare for the healthcare providers of New York City.
Some hospitals have retaliated against nurses speaking out for a fair contract and improved working conditions. After an active shooter event brought safety issues at Mount Sinai into the public eye, Mount Sinai disciplined three outspoken nurses and has yet to rescind these disciplines or agree to concrete safety proposals despite weekly vigils.
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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.