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New York Nurses Prepared to Do Whatever it Takes to Win Safe Staffing, Respect, and Quality Care for All in Historic Contract Campaign

August 18, 2022

For Immediate Release: Thursday, Aug. 18 Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Anna Bakalis | press@nysna.org | 917-239-6373 30,000 nurses with contracts expiring unite and launch five-point platform to improve patient care “We Love NY Nurses” campaign represents greatest number of

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TOMORROW, AUG. 18: Approximately 30,000 Nurses with Union Contracts Expiring by Early 2023 Launch Campaign to Improve Patient Care, Strengthen the Nursing Workforce, and Uplift Communities

August 17, 2022

Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Anna Bakalis | press@nysna.org | 917-239-6373 Approximately 30,000 Nurses with Union Contracts Expiring by Early 2023 Launch Campaign to Improve Patient Care, Strengthen the Nursing Workforce, and Uplift Communities NYSNA nurses and allies

Hundreds of Nurses at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Rally and Speak Out for Fair Wages, Safe Staffing, and a Fair Contract

August 02, 2022

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 2 Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | (646) 853-4489 Hundreds of Nurses at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Rally and Speak Out for Fair Wages, Safe Staffing, and a Fair Contract Nurses Highlight Unsafe Staffing, 19-hour Wait Times in the ER, Patients

Nurses to Hold Informational Picket at Vassar Brothers Medical Center Calling for Fair Wages, Safe Staffing, and a Fair Contract

August 02, 2022

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, AUGUST 2** Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | (646) 853-4489 Nurses to detail unsafe staffing conditions which risk causing long wait times and patients being diverted away from the hospital Poughkeepsie, N.Y.– Members of the New York State Nurses Association at

Nurses Hail New Protections Against Mandatory Overtime

June 06, 2022

For Immediate Release: June 6, 2022 Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 Nurses from the New York State Nurses Association, 1199SEIU, CSEA, NYSUT, CWA District 1 and UFT applaud the state legislature for passing bills to curb the abuse of mandatory overtime A trio of bills passed

Nurses mourn schoolchildren and teachers murdered in Texas, say lack of gun control laws clearly threatens public health

May 25, 2022

For immediate release: May 25, 2022 Contact: press@nysna.org, press@NationalNursesUnited.org As we witness yet another mass shooting, this one taking the lives of at least 19 children and two teachers at a school in Uvalde, Texas, the registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) and New York

Nurses and Healthcare Workers Speak Out Against Hospital Unit Closures at Garnet Health Medical Center-Catskills

May 24, 2022

For Immediate Release: May 24, 2022 Contact: Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489 **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 24** Harris, N.Y.– New York State Nurses Association nurses and 1199SEIU healthcare workers who work at Garnet Health Medical Center – Catskills, Harris Campus will