TOMORROW: Adirondack Nurses to Hold First Informational Picket in 25 Years
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7**
Contact: Joseph Celestin | press@nysna.org | (518) 776-8337
Madeline St. Amour | press@nysna.org | (518) 368-8250
Adirondack Nurses to Hold First Informational Picket in 25 Years
Nurses seek a fair contract addressing recruitment, retainment, affordable healthcare benefits
More than 100 nurses to picket outside the hospital
Saranac Lake, N.Y. - After nearly a year of contract negotiations, members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) at Adirondack Medical Center will picket on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 3 - 6 p.m. as they call for a fair contract to ensure there are enough nurses to care for their community and to protect nurse and patient safety. Nurses will also hold a 4 p.m. press conference.
Nurses are seeking to join NYSNA’s Benefit Fund. Adirondack’s current employer-provided health plan is both costly and limited, acting as a deterrent for both recruiting and retaining quality nurses in the North Country. Gaining access to the NYSNA Benefit Fund would ensure nurses have access to the affordable, full health coverage needed to keep themselves, their families, and their patients safe and healthy.
WHO: NYSNA nurses at Adirondack Medical Center, as well as labor, elected and community allies, including: Northeast Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO President Karen Plotas-McGrath; Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties Central Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO President Sam Burns; and members of the Northeast Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO.
WHAT: Informational picket.
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 3 - 6 p.m.
**Press conference at 4 p.m.**
WHERE: In front of Adirondack Medical Center, 2233 State Route 86, Saranac Lake, NY
* Visuals: More than 100 nurses chanting, marching, and holding signs *
Negotiations with the hospital began in November of 2025, and since that time, management has refused to address nurses’ main concern at the hospital: recruiting and retaining experienced nurses to provide safe, quality care. Nurses responded to management dragging their feet at the bargaining table by launching a digital action and advertising campaign. They held the facility’s first public action outside the hospital in 25 years in July, and this will be the nurses’ first informational picket at the hospital in 25 years.
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The New York State Nurses Association represents approximately 45,000 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.