NY Nurse HHC/Mayorals Special Issue 2014

The contract win for HHC/Mayoral members is one of the most significant I have known in my 30-year career with healthcare unions. The contract terms entail a substantial wage increase, retro payments and a solid benefit package; there are no givebacks. And there are two new funds in which you, the...

With the passage of the New York State Safe Patient Handling Act members have a uniform policy for the protection of patients and nurses in patient handling. The Act covers all hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic treatment centers and clinics licenses under NYS Public Health Law Article 28.

The new fund for child and elder care addresses some of the most essential needs of NYSNA members: A toddler whose parent’s work consumes long hours and must be watched and cared for on a daily basis; an aging, sick parent who requires regular care at home, sometimes during nights. Nearly one in...

Under the new contract NYSNA nurses can shape education and training to meet nurse needs, bringing the collective knowledge and dollars of nurses together. That’s what the new fund for union training and upgrading affords NYSNA nurses. This fall NYSNA nurses will begin to form the governance of this...

No givebacks. More than 19 percent wage increases. Retro pay. These are building blocks of the contract we bargained for and won.

There is more to this outstanding contract: two new funds: one for education and training; the second for child and elder care.

As professional caregivers, we are very...