THURS, April 17: NYSNA Nurses at Nathan Littauer Hospital Hold a Speak-Out and Demand Management Settle a Fair Contract to Ensure Safe Patient Care
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURS., APRIL 17 AT 12 P.M.**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | 518 776-8337
NYSNA NURSES AT NATHAN LITTAUER HOSPITAL HOLD SPEAK-OUT AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT SETTLE A FAIR CONTRACT TO ENSURE SAFE PATIENT CARE
Nurses call for a contract with enforceable safe staffing standards, a plan to recruit and retain nurses, and respectful wages and benefits.
Gloversville, N.Y. - On Thursday, April 17, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses at Nathan Littauer Hospital will hold a speak-out to demand that management settle a fair contract with safe staffing and a real plan to recruit and retain nurses for safe patient care. Nurses have been in negotiations for months, and their contract expired on Dec. 31. Nurses will speak out about how the hospital is routinely understaffed in violation of contractual and legal safe staffing standards. They will discuss how conditions at the hospital have pushed nurses to work overtime and created a revolving door of new nurses who do not stay.
WHO: Dozens of NYSNA nurses and community allies
WHAT: Speak-out for safe staffing and a fair contract at Nathan Littauer Hospital
WHEN: Thursday, April 17 at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 99 E State St, Gloversville, NY 12078
Last Friday, April 11, nurses marched to the office of Sean Fadale, CEO, to demand management come back to the table to negotiate after presenting a so-called “final offer” that would not do nearly enough to ensure safe staffing and quality care. In addition to refusing to agree to respectful wages, management is attempting to raise nurses’ already high healthcare costs. Nurses say this will only worsen already poor staffing levels and threaten patient care.
For months, NYSNA nurses at Nathan Littauer have been fighting for a contract with clear, enforceable safe staffing standards to comply with New York state law, and wages and benefits that will keep nurses at the bedside and help them provide the safe, quality patient care the community deserves. Nurses are holding a speak-out to demand that hospital administrators follow the staffing law and invest in recruiting and retaining more nurses for safe, quality care.
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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.