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UPDATED: NYSNA joins fight to turn on Detroit water
UPDATE from the campaign to stop Detroit water shutoffs: a judge has ordered a 15 day moratorium on shutoffs! We need to keep building our movement -- coast-to-coast -- to stop the attack on our patients and our communities. We're proud to stand with …
Congratulations to 1199SEIU!
Congratulations are in order for the hardworking caregivers of 1199SEIU, who just settled a contract with the League of Voluntary Hospitals with no benefit takeaways, a significant wage increase, and a fairer process for nonunion workers to organize in …
Important: For HHC/Mayorals RNs considering retirement
Are you an HHC/Mayorals nurse considering retirement? Here’s some important information about how our new contract affects you: Nurses who have already retired or will retire on or before July 31, 2014 are eligible to get their retro in one lump sum. This …
Mt. Sinai CRNAs join NYSNA
Let’s give a big welcome to our newest NYSNA sisters and brothers – the Certified RN Anesthetists at Mt. Sinai! On Friday the National Labor Relations Board certified the CRNAs' vote to join NYSNA. “I am so proud to be part of this historical change at …
Bronx Midwives Ratify First Contract
On Tuesday, July 29, midwives from Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx Hospital voted unanimously to ratify our first ever contract with PAGNY! “After five years, we are elated,” said Sonia Braham, CNM. “It’s exciting. For me – and for the new …
NYSNA and 1199SEIU stand together and say: ‘We care for New York!’
Chanting “We Care for New York,” hundreds of NYSNA nurses and 1199SEIU caregivers picketed for respect at Brooklyn’s Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and East Harlem’s Terence Cardinal Cooke long-term care facility on Wednesday. More than 300 nurses and …
Practice Alert: What nurses need to know about Ebola
Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness that can have a fatality rate of 60-90%. Ebola outbreaks have occurred primarily in remote areas in Central and West Africa near tropical rain forests. The virus is transmitted from wild animals …
Stand up for safe hospitals
New York patients and nurses deserve hospitals free of violence. We're standing up for safe hospitals at a community vigil this Tuesday, August 12 in Brooklyn. On Tuesday, August 5, Clarke Elpenord, an RN at Woodhull’s Emergency Department, was assaulted …
Support Terence Cardinal Cooke RNs
UPDATE: At 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, we ended our 24-hour strike at Terence Cardinal Cooke against unfair labor practices and for Safe Staffing. Our strike made headlines in New York City all day yesterday. Check out the coverage on NY1 and like and share …
“Every night I worry about my patients”
On some nights, Peng He, an RN at Terence Cardinal Cooke Hospital, says only one RN is left to care for patients on the subacute unit. "How can one person cover dozens of bedside calls at once? Every night I worry about my patients." Peng and 90 of her …