NYSNA Update: January 10
CVPH Emergency Room Members Demand Safe Staffing in Their Unit
At Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, over 90 percent of NYSNA members from the emergency room met in-person and virtually to present urgent safety concerns facing their unit to management. They shared alarming accounts of hazardous unsafe staffing, insufficient recruitment efforts, and inadequate supplies necessary for proper patient care. NYSNA members held management accountable, and as a result, the hospital will confirm immediate action on recruitment strategies to ensure that staffing levels would be addressed on the same day to meet the unit's needs.
Centerlight Nurses Fight to Save Their Healthcare
Home health care nurses at Centerlight have been fighting for a fair contract for months. On Dec. 31, management unlawfully cut off their health insurance after nurses refused to be bullied into taking their so-called “offers” which would have forced them to pay over four times as much for their health care as they currently are. NYSNA filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge for the hospital's refusal to maintain nurses' healthcare benefits in violation of federal law. Nurses are united and have spoken up, sharing their stories with the press. Frontline Centerlight nurses continue to go into the homes of New Yorkers across the city, risking their health and safety, while uninsured. They are flyering at various Centerlight locations next week and won’t stop until they get what they deserve!
H+H South Brooklyn Health Nurses Fight and Win
The chief nursing officer at NYC Health+Hospitals/ South Brooklyn recently began pushing operating room nurses to participate in the new interventional department without the proper training in the specialty. Instead of caving into the pressure and risking patient safety, the nurses fought back and launched a petition. Their swift action and advocacy stopped the roll-out of this new procedure and sent a clear message to upper leadership that NYSNA nurses are a strong united force that puts patient safety first!