APRIL 2019
A NEWSLETTER FOR NYSNA RNs AT NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/MAYORALS
Saturday Strategy Sessions Yield Proposals Dozens of NYC H+H nurses gave up their Saturdays to participate in day-long strategy sessions on March 16 and 23. Through open dialogue and debate, the Negotiations Committee and Contract Action Team (CAT) members began crafting a list of proposals to inform our bargaining. Below are the main proposals coming out of these sessions.
OVERALL DEMANDS FROM PROPOSALS
1 Protecting Working Conditions of Nurses and Other
Care Givers and Maintaining Equal Access to Quality Care for Patients and Communities
• Minimum Staffing Ratios and Standards Across Disciplines • Time and One Half Pay for Missed Breaks • Written Reponses from Management about Workplace Violence Concerns • Safe Patient Handling and Ongoing Training • 48 Hour Investigation and Response Mechanism to Written Allegation of Management Bullying, Intimidation, Threatening, or Menacing • Respect for Nurses, Direct Care Workers, Patients and the Community • Maintain current health benefits
2 Recruitment and Retention of Nurses • Reduction of Disparities in Pay and Benefits Between Public and Private Sector Registered Nurses • Internal Hiring and Promotion Preferences • Paid Family Leave • Standing Float Pool of Nurses to Eliminate Non-
Emergency Floating, Involuntary Shift Rotations and Changes in Assignments • Increased Tuition and Educational Reimbursement • Provide unpaid leave time for Medical Missions • Reduce the Probationary Period for New Hires to Six (6) Months
3 Democratize the Decision-Making Process for the Delivery of Health Services • Establish Joint Community-NYSNA-Management Health Services Committee • Establish a Joint NYSNA and Management Committee on Equipment and Technology • Establish a Committee on Universal Health Coverage
SPECIFIC MAYORALS PROPOSALS • Clear contract language regarding no out of title task or hiring at any mayoral agency • All Mayoral agencies work week for staff nurses 37.5 hours/week and case managers 35 hours/week • Incorporate all Mayoral case management nurses level 1 and 2 into the care management title with parity pay and all negotiated benefits without changing the current 35 hour work week • Clear contract language regarding 1 hour meal periods at all Mayoral agencies • Clear contract language regarding lateral transfers to and from any Mayoral agency or H+H facility • Investigating, clarifying and creating clear contract language for provisional status
