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Ratified Contracts in 2021

for decades, nurses have been on the frontlines caring for our communities in the midst of some of the nation’s worst healthcare challenges . even before the CoVID-19 pandemic, nurses were working overtime to ensure that patients recovered well . But during the global pandemic, the role of nurses and healthcare workers cannot be overstated . today, there is a greater appreciation for the fact that our healthcare system does not work for nurses and other caregivers . Nurses account for more than half of the world’s healthcare workers and should be treated with dignity and respect . In addition to being present at the bedside, NYSNA members played a pivotal role in contract negotiations . Because of their leadership, several facilities ratified new contracts . See below for a list of facilities and bargaining units that reached new agreements in 2021 . these negotiations were more than routine, perfunctory processes; they paved the way for nurses and healthcare professionals to provide the level of care that they would want offered to neighbors, friends and family .

IalbaNy medIcal ceNterI After reading, be sure to congratulate your union family in these bargaining units . Alice Hyde Medical Center A .o . Fox Memorial Hospital Albany Medical Center Bronx Care Midwives Brooks Memorial Hospital Bertrand Chaffee Hospital/Home Fresenius, New York Dialysis Services Hospice and palliative Care Jewish Home lifecare lackawanna CSD lICH Staffco of Brooklyn Massena Memorial Hospital Montefiore New Rochelle New Jewish Home Mount Sinai Midwife Services elmhurst Hospital Center Nathan littauer Hospital NY Dialysis Services – Monte III & IV, Nephrocare, and Soundshore NY eye and ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai olean General Hospital onondaga County pAGNY CRNAs and Midwives Royalton Hartland CSD SIuH/Northwell Health Staten Island university Hospital

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