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January 16, 2023

South Nassau Nurses Vote To Become Members of New York’s Largest Union of Registered Nurses

Kristi Barnes New York State Nurses Association

Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau voted by a majority to join the New York State Nurses Association. The approximately 800 nurses at South Nassau represent the last non-union facility in the entire Mount Sinai health system.

October 24, 2022

New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United Announce Historic Affiliation To Grow National Movement of Nurses To Advance Interests of Patients, RNs

New York State Nurses Association/National Nurses United Natinal Nurses United

NYSNA’s nearly 42,000 members will increase NNU’s membership to close to 225,000 nurses, and will also bring NYSNA into the AFL-CIO.

December 10, 2019

A Boss is a Boss: Nurses Battle for Their First Union Contract at Albany Medical Center

Lawrence Wittner History News Network

Rather than accept the nurses union and engage in good-faith collective bargaining, Albany Med management has adopted a well-established corporate tactic for undermining a fledgling union: denying it a first contract.

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May 26, 2019

Controversial Settlement Divides New York Nurses

Chris Brooks Labor Notes

After a strike threat and a contentious ratification vote, 13,000 members of the New York State Nurses Association settled a contract that achieved gains but fell short of the union’s goal of winning safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.

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September 18, 2013

Nurses Taste Victory in Battle That Shook New York Politics

Sarah Jaffe In These Times

Judge's ruling to stop closing of a hospital in Brooklyn is a major victory for the community. This has implications for the proposed closings of other hospitals in New York.

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