NYSNA NURSES AT ONEIDA HEALTH HOSPITAL HOLD INFORMATIONAL PICKET AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WED., MARCH 19 AT 12 P.M.**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NYSNA NURSES AT ONEIDA HEALTH HOSPITAL HOLD INFORMATIONAL PICKET AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH
Nurses hold an informational picket and call for a contract with enforceable safe staffing standards, a plan to retain experienced nurses, and respectful wages and benefits.
Oneida, N.Y. - On Wednesday, March 19, New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses at Oneida Health Hospital will hold an informational picket to demand that management negotiate in good faith and settle a fair contract with safe staffing and a real plan to retain nurses for safe patient care. Nurses have been working without a contract since Feb. 28 and are some of the lowest paid nurses in the region. On Feb. 12, Oneida nurses delivered an unfair labor practice charge to management, that was filed with the National Labor Relations Board, due to management’s refusal to meet in person to bargain a fair contract.
WHO: Dozens of NYSNA nurses and community allies
WHAT: Informational picket and speak out for safe staffing and a fair contract at Oneida Health Hospital
WHEN: Wednesday, March. 19 at 12 p.m. - 2.p.m., press conference at 12:30
WHERE: Genessee St. and Seneca St.
*** Visuals: Dozens of nurses marching, chanting, picketing in front of the hospital
Media availabilities with Oneida nurses***
Earlier this year, nurses marched to the office of CEO Felissa Koernig to demand management come back to the table and held a speak out calling attention to safe staffing issues. For months, NYSNA nurses at Oneida have been fighting for a contract with clear, enforceable safe staffing standards to comply with New York state law, and wages and benefits that will keep nurses at the bedside and help them provide the safe, quality patient care the community deserves. Nurses are holding a picket to demand that hospital administrators follow the staffing law and invest in recruiting and retaining more nurses for safe, quality care.
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The New York State Nurses Association represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York’s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. NYSNA is an affiliate of National Nurses United, AFL-CIO, the country's largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with more than 225,000 members nationwide.