TOMORROW: NYSNA Nurses to Hold Emergency Rally and Press Conference at New York City Health+Hospitals/Kings County After Nurse Leader Is Suspended For Safe Staffing Advocacy
** Media Advisory for Thursday, Oct. 22 **
Contact: Kristi Barnes l press@nysna.org l (646) 853-4489
Emma Alabaster l press@nysna.org l (917) 826-8646
NYSNA Nurses to Hold Emergency Rally and Press Conference at New York City Health+Hospitals/Kings County After Nurse Leader Is Suspended For Safe Staffing Advocacy
Nurses are demanding the immediate reinstatement of a nurse leader who was suspended for engaging in protected union activity
Nurses are also demanding that management respect safe staffing standards outlined in their contract
Brooklyn, NY–On Thursday, Oct. 22, NYSNA nurses will hold an emergency rally and press conference in response to New York City Health+Hospitals (H+H) Kings County’s decision to suspend a local nurse leader. A nurse practitioner and vice president of the local bargaining unit at the hospital was suspended without pay from H+H/Kings County on Friday, Oct. 9 for advocating for patient safety and discussing documented and long-standing staffing concerns raised by bedside nurses.
In addition to her suspension without pay, the NYSNA member has also been barred from all NYC H+H facilities, despite having no specific charges filed against her. Kings County nurses, ancillary staff, physicians, and community members responded to the news of the nurse’s suspension by circulating a petition calling for her immediate reinstatement and compensation for lost wages; nearly 1,000 people have signed the petition since its launch.
WHO: NYSNA members and other staff from NYC Health+Hospitals, elected officials, labor allies including: New York City Central Labor Council President Brendan Griffith, Citizen Action of New York and more
WHAT: Emergency rally and press conference to protect NYSNA members’ union rights
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 22, from 12 - 2 p.m.
Press Conference begins at 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 451 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
Outside Hospital D&S Buildings
Visuals: Dozens of nurses, healthcare professionals and community members rallying, speaking out, chanting
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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.