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RWJH USW Nurse Leaders Join NYSNA at Convention 2023

RWJH Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement Ending 123-day Strike!

December 08, 2023

After 123 days on the picket line, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital (RWJH) nurses have reached a tentative agreement! Nurses went on strike for enforceable staffing ratios in the hospital, and while...

Montefiore Bronx Nurses gather outside the CEO's office with a poster board of signature

Victory! Montefiore Nurses Save Nurse-Family Partnership!

December 01, 2023

The life-saving Nurse-Family Partnership program at Montefiore has served hundreds of Bronx families each year with amazing results. There is no place where the NFP is more needed than the Bronx where...

NYSNA Board of Directors Endorses Statement on the Crisis in the Middle East

November 22, 2023

The NYSNA Board endorses the following statement from our fellow affiliate union and has made a donation to Doctors Without Borders/ Medicines Sans Frontieres to support the humanitarian efforts.

Nurses at Mt. Sinai lead historic strike for a fair contract, January 2023

Staffing Victory: NYSNA Pressures DOH to Enforce Staffing Law

November 02, 2023

Ever since the hospital staffing committee law was passed in 2021, NYSNA members have pushed for the highest patient safety standards and for strong enforcement of the law. And despite setbacks, our...

Nancy Hagans Gives Powerful Testimony at Congressional Hearing Held by Sen. Bernie Sanders

November 02, 2023

On October 27 nurses from NYSNA, National Nurses United (NNU), the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH), 1199SEIU, and Health Professional and Allied Employees (HPAE) gathered in New Jersey...

Celebrating our Accomplishments in the Long Road to Single Payer Healthcare in New York

November 01, 2023

While we still have a lot of work to do to make Single Payer a reality in New York State through the passage of the New York Health Act (NYHA), NYSNA has been working hard to achieve our goal.

Why Single Payer is Important for Healthcare Workers

November 01, 2023

My name is Tonia Bazel, RN, I work at Albany Medical Center’s Infectious Disease Unit and I introduced the single-payer resolution at the 2022 convention on behalf of the NYSNA single-payer committee.