Thursday, May 21: Hundreds of UVM-CVPH Nurses and Healthcare Workers to Picket the Hospital
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, MAY 21 AT 12 PM**
Contact: Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | 518-776-8337
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
HUNDREDS OF UVM-CVPH NURSES AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO PICKET THE HOSPITAL
NYSNA Nurses and Healthcare Professionals to Hold Informational Picket for Safe Staffing and a Fair Contract
Plattsburgh, N.Y.– On Thursday, May 21, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses and healthcare professionals at University of Vermont-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (UVM-CVPH) will be picketing, marching, chanting, and speaking out for a fair contract that protects safe patient care. The union healthcare workers have been fighting for a fair contract that protects patient and worker safety for months.
NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals are demanding the hospital include enforceable safe staffing standards in the contract to protect safe, quality patient care. Hospital administrators have recently made staffing standards less safe and are looking to cut healthcare workers’ health benefits.
WHO: NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals, and community and labor allies
WHAT: Informational picket for safe staffing and a fair contract
WHEN: Thursday, May 21
Info-picket from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
**Press conference at 12:00 p.m. noon**
WHERE: UVM-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital
214 Cornelia St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901
**VISUALS: Hundreds of nurses and healthcare professionals marching, chanting, and carrying signs along Cornelia Street**
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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.