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Statement: Dakota Access Pipline Decision
December 8, 2016 Statement from: 1199 SEIU ; Amalgamated Transit Union ; Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way Employees Division, Pennsylvania Federation - Teamsters ; National Domestic Workers Alliance ; National Nurses United ; New York State Nurses …
Medical and Solidarity Mission to the Philippines: Sept. 3 - 13, 2017
The Philippines was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, 2013. It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, killing at least 6,300 people. In January, 2014, bodies were still being recovered, massive agricultural and infrastructure damage …
Medical and Solidarity Mission to the Philippines Test Donation
The Philippines was devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan in November, 2013. It is the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, killing at least 6,300 people. In January, 2014, bodies were still being recovered, massive agricultural and infrastructure damage …
St. Patrick’s Day Celebration of a Win at the NYS Assembly!
When word came down in February of a “Health Care Regulation Modernization Team,” a measure that could threaten our Scope of Practice and undercut quality patient care, sirens went off. NYSNA did not miss a beat: we produced a petition in the form of …
UPDATED: The final push to protect Our Scope of Practice!
UPDATE!: 8 April 2017 - State Budget Victories on RNs Scope of Practice and Funding for Safety Net Hospitals! NYSNA scored important wins in our fight to protect nurses and patients in the NY State budget. The budget is nearly complete, and while …
Join the fight for the New York Health Act: April 4
The New York Health Act (A4738/S4371) – the bill to guarantee healthcare for ALL New Yorkers – passed the NYS Assembly in 2015 and 2016 with huge support. If passed, New York would lead the country in having the largest statewide universal Medicare for …
Practice Alert: Candida auris
Candida auris (also referred to as C. auris), is a yeast-like fungus that has recently emerged as a worldwide invasive, multi-drug resistant pathogen. C. auris is not a health risk to the general public, but is a risk for patients who are already …
Video! NYSNA and 1199: On Fresenius
NYSNA Nurses and 1199 SEIU Healthcare workers from Fresenius Medical Care are continuing negotiations with management towards a new contract. NYSNA and 1199 SEIU Healthcare have been calling for a fair contract that protects both workers and patients, and …
Video: Nurses Support Striking AT&T Workers
When 40,000 workers at AT&T announced that they would walk off the job Friday on May 19 if they haven't won a fair union contract, nurses stood at the ready to support them. Remembering what happened when nurses, labor and community activists came …
A trans-Atlantic movement… 3 unions, 2 countries, 1 fight!
On June 8, 150 hospital support workers — members of the union ver.di — launched a strike against the billion-dollar German-based corporation Fresenius/CFM over low wages and a fair contract. Meanwhile, in New York, with negotiations stalled between …