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Nurses know that ICU safe staffing can’t wait!

The NYS Department of Health (DOH) was supposed to enact an ICU safe staffing regulation back in January, 2022 as part of NYSNA’s safe staffing legislative victory in 2021, but they are still dragging their feet.

NYSNA nurses have been sending their support and solidarity with our union siblings at the Minnesota Nurses Association.

Westchester Medical Center nurses are the backbone of public health in Westchester County and beyond — providing lifesaving care to a six-county area. However, Westchester Medical Center is not retaining frontline nurses and is failing to hire enough nurses to meet patients’ needs.

From bargaining contracts, fighting over parity, enforcing staffing ratios, and voting on affiliation with National Nurses United, there is a lot going. All these efforts fall under one umbrella – which is a campaign for power, dignity, and growth.

Nurses at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie have been fighting for a new three-year contract. On August 12, nurses finally won and ratified a new contract that helps recruit and retain nurses.

Hundreds of members gathered in New York City on Aug.

On August 3rd, the DOH launched the health care worker bonus program (HCWB) that was won and budgeted for in the 2022-2023 NYS budget. Nurses and frontline healthcare workers who are eligible will soon be given paperwork by their employers and receive bonuses.