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There's a staffing crisis in many New York hospitals. And on Thursday, April 16, we're holding rallies for safe staffing at more than a dozen NYC hospitals.  Our message: staffing shortfalls in the hospitals are serious. It's time for management to step …

On Wednesday, April 15, NYSNA members will join Fight for $15 at their New York City rally to fight for fair pay for fast food and other low-wage workers. The event is part of a series of massive rallies around the globe. The New York event will be held …

Our safe staffing rallies are making headlines! Fox 5 video crews visited our rallies today in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn. Fox 5: Nurses rally [caption] [/caption] News 12 Bronx: Nurses demand better staffing for better care News 12 Westchester: …

After months of negotiations, thousands of NYC’s registered nurses from 14 citywide hospitals took their fight for patient care and safe staffing levels to the community on Thursday with a day-long citywide informational picket. Thousands of nurses …

NYSNA members from across the state, joined by nursing students, converged on Albany Tuesday for the union’s annual Lobby Day, taking the occasion to continue our call for safe staffing ratios in healthcare facilities. Members from Long Island to Buffalo, …

Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the people killed in Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal. The Nepalese American Nurses Association (NANA) has established an emergency aid fund. Many Nepalese American nurses are NYSNA members. In times of …

With more than 8 million people displaced, and a death toll now exceeding 6,000, conditions in Nepal in the aftermath of a catastrophic earthquake continue to deteriorate. NYSNA urges members to consider a donation towards relief efforts. Donations are …

Nursing was the subject of a lengthy and engaging segment on WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show” on April 30. With his guest, author Alexandra Robbins, Lehrer discussed safe staffing ratios, workplace violence and other issues of great concern to NYSNA nurses. …

In an exciting development for supporters of universal healthcare, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s announcement of support for a floor vote on New York Health (A.5062/S.3525) , a bill for universal healthcare in New York State was greeted with excitement …

h/t ExposeTheTPP.org The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the latest free trade agreement being negotiated by the United States, and it will be the largest — involving 11 countries and about 40% of the world’s economy . A lot is at stake, so it’s …