TODAY: NYSNA Nurses at NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Speak Out for Patient and Nurse Safety
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, MAY 8 AT 12:30 PM**
Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
Eric Koch | press@nysna.org | 617-733-6891
NYSNA NURSES AT NYP-BROOKLYN METHODIST HOSPITAL SPEAK OUT FOR PATIENT AND NURSE SAFETY
Nurses Sound the Alarm on Rise in Workplace Violence, Demand a Fair Contract that Protects Nurses and Patients
With Contract Expired, Nurses Escalate Campaign for Safe Staffing and a Fair Contract
Brooklyn, N.Y.– On Friday, May 8, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital are speaking out for a fair contract that improves patient and nurse safety. The contract for nearly 1,600 nurses at the hospital expired on April 30, and nurses are demanding a fair contract that delivers enforceable safe staffing standards, protections from workplace violence, respect for nurses’ clinical judgement over artificial intelligence, fair wages and benefits, and more.
Several recent incidents of workplace harassment and violence, including an active shooter incident in January, have focused NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital nurses on improving safety at the hospital. Hundreds of nurses will march in front of the hospital for an informational picket to raise awareness about their demands.
WHO: NYSNA nurses at NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and allies, including
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest, and City Council Member Shahana Hanif
WHAT: Informational picket and speak-out for patient and nurse safety and a fair contract
WHEN: Friday, May 8. Picketing from 12 – 2 p.m.
**Speak-out at 12:30 p.m.**
WHERE: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
506 6th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
***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.