NYSNA Update: January 17, 2025
Nurses Voted the Most Trusted Profession for 23rd Year in a Row
For the 23rd year in a row, Americans have ranked nurses as the most trusted profession! Nurses gain this trust every day through their commitment to caring for and advocating for patients and their communities. Congratulations, NYSNA members, on another year of earning this outstanding recognition!
Centerlight Nurses Gain Community Support in Fight to Save Their Healthcare
Centerlight Healthcare nurses are calling on community members to help save nurses’ healthcare and support them in their demand for a fair contract. Nurses lost their healthcare benefits at the end of 2024 when they refused to accept Centerlight management’s terrible “offer” that would have quadrupled their insurance costs. In addition to nurses speaking out in the press and filing an unfair labor practice charge, they canvassed their neighbors in the Bronx on Wednesday, Jan. 15, informing them of Centerlight management’s decision to cut off nurses’ healthcare during contract negotiations. Community members were outraged and eager to support nurses by signing a petition demanding Centerlight restore nurses’ healthcare and negotiate a fair contract. You can also support Centerlight nurses by adding your name and sharing the petition with friends and colleagues.
NY AFL-CIO President Publishes Letter to the Editor in Support of Albany Med Nurses
The New York Labor movement continues to show solidarity with NYSNA nurses at Albany Med who have been fighting for a fair contract for nurses and capital region patients. This week, AFL-CIO New York President Mario Cilento wrote a Letter to the Editor in the Albany Times-Union expressing his support for nurses. “New York’s 2.5 million-member union movement stands in solidarity with nurses at Albany Med, fighting for patients’ safety, a fair contract, dignity and respect,” he said. Read the full letter here.
After months of dealing with Albany Med management’s anti-union tactics, nurses remain steadfast in their commitment to protect safe, quality patient care in the capital region.