TODAY, DEC. 9: Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau Picket for a Fair Contract
**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MONDAY, DEC. 9 AT 12:30 PM**
Contact: Andrea Penman-Lomeli | press@nysna.org | 347-559-3169
Kristi Barnes | press@nysna.org | 646-853-4489
NURSES AT MOUNT SINAI SOUTH NASSAU PICKET FOR A FAIR CONTRACT
NYSNA nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau are fighting for a fair contract with safe staffing, fair wages and health benefits. Nurses call on Mount Sinai to invest in Long Island nurses and patients.
Long Island, N.Y.– On Monday, Dec. 4 at 12:30 p.m., nurses will hold a speak-out and informational picket for their first contract. Nurses are fighting for a contract with safe staffing, respectful wages and improved benefits that keep experienced nurses at the bedside. They have faced significant challenges from Mount Sinai since they began their efforts to organize a union with NYSNA and bargain a first contract.
WHO: NYSNA nurses, community members, and elected officials, including Communication Workers of America District 1, Long Island Federation of Labor, Long Island Jobs with Justice
WHAT: Speak-out and informational picket about nurses’ fight for a fair contract and safe staffing WHEN: Monday, Dec. 9, 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: 1 Healthy Way, Oceanside, NY 11572
**Visuals: Hundreds of nurses marching, chanting, carrying signs in front of the hospital. Photos and video available on request.**
In January 2023, nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau voted to join the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). Hospital management has challenged nurses at every step. They delayed the nurses’ union organizing for nearly a year and illegally fired a nurse for union activity.
Mount Sinai is one of the wealthiest hospitals in New York state yet is failing to invest in Long Island nurses and patient care. At South Nassau, they refuse to agree to safe staffing standards for the sickest patients, even though it’s the law. Mount Sinai has refused to treat South Nassau like other hospitals in the Mount Sinai system; refusing to offer competitive pay and benefits, safe staffing, and the respect nurses deserve.
After struggling for over a year to unionize, nurses are now facing another battle as they fight for a fair first contract with the safe staffing, respectful wages and improved benefits that keep experienced nurses at the bedside.
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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.