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Nurses on the Move and in the Movement: NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN to Be Grand Marshal of the NYC Labor Day Parade

September 08, 2023

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 AT 10 A.M.** Contact:  Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Nurses on the Move and in the Movement: NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN to Be Grand Marshal of the NYC Labor Day Parade New York Nurses Cement Important Role in the Labor Movement by Leading

New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United announce historic affiliation to grow national movement of nurses to advance interests of patients, RNs

October 20, 2022

For immediate release: Oct. 20, 2022 Contact: press@nationalnursesunited.org or Kristi Barnes, kristi.barnes@nysna.org, 646-853-4489 New York, NY - The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) and National Nurses United (NNU) are proud to announce today that the New York nurses have overwhelmingly

AFL-CIO and nation’s major nursing unions urge federal court to order the Department of Labor to issue a permanent OSHA standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19

January 05, 2022

For Immediate Release: Jan. 5, 2022 Contact: press@nysna.org Washington, DC - National leading labor organizations and unions representing the country’s nurses and health care workers today petitioned the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to order the Department of

NYSNA Decries Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers

September 23, 2021

For Immediate Release: Sept. 22, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org NYSNA Decries Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers New York – For years, the media has reported on U.N. peacekeepers exploiting women and girls in Haiti, ultimately fathering and abandoning scores of children. That

Frontline Healthcare Workers to join Brooklyn Bridge March to Remember on COVID Day of Action and Awareness

August 07, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Brooklyn and New York, NY – NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals will gather to honor their fallen colleagues and patients and to call for life-saving investment and stronger workplace safety

NYSNA Statement: On the Passing of AFL_CIO President Richard Trumka

August 06, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2021 Contact: Kristi Barnes | kristi.barnes@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 “NYSNA joins our union sisters and brothers in mourning the sudden death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. The son and grandson of coal miners, he spent his last few months fighting for the PRO

NYS Nurses Association announces the election of Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN as President

July 16, 2021

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 16, 2021 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917-405-1060 New York, NY - The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) announces today the election of Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN, as the new president of the oldest nurses’ union and association in the nation