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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.

NYSNA Joins NNU, RWJUH and Sen. Bernie Sanders at Congressional Hearing on Safe Staffing

October 27, 2023

Nurses from National Nurses United (NNU), NYSNA and the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders at an important congressional field hearing in New Brunswick, New...

Gracie Square Hospital Nurses Rally for a Fair Contract with Safe Staffing

Gracie Square Hospital Nurses Win New Contract!

September 22, 2023

Nurses at Gracie Square Hospital won a new contract this month with an overwhelming majority of nurses voting in favor of ratification. The new contract addresses two major issues for nurses—safe...

NYSNA Leader Flandersia Jones with City Council Member Sandy Nurse

NYSNA Joins Push for Climate Justice Legislation in New York City

September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Sept. 14, and in the lead up to Climate Week in New York City, NYSNA was proud to join with labor unions and advocacy groups in front of City Hall to introduce a bill to accelerate the...

NYSNA Joins AFL-CIO’s SAG-AFTRA Day of Action

September 15, 2023

On Thursday, Sept. 14, NYSNA was proud to join the AFL-CIO’s Day of Action in Solidarity with SAG-AFTRA and WGA members on strike. This past weekend at the Labor Day Parade, striking workers from SAG...

NYSNA Joins NNU, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Striking New Jersey Nurses at Safe Staffing Townhall

September 15, 2023

On Wednesday, Sept. 13, NYSNA, NNU, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Corey Booker and striking nurses at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital (RWJH) in New Jersey came together for a town hall on safe staffing...

NYSNA Shows Up for Workers on Strike (UAW + SAG-AFTRA)

September 09, 2023

From Manhattan to Tappan, New York, NYSNA nurses showed up for workers on strike this week! On Wednesday, Sept. 27, nurses rallied in midtown Manhattan alongside SAG-AFTRA and United Autoworkers (UAW)...