The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) is calling on Northwell Health System to offer a “fair” contract to the nurses at the three hospitals in Plainview, Syosset and Huntington. Their contracts are set to expire at the end of the year.
Nurses from Long Island convened in front of Northwell’s New Hyde Park headquarters, where they were joined by labor unions and elected officials on December 12. On its website, the NYNSA said the 1,000-plus nurses who work at Northwell/Plainview, Northwell/Syosset and Northwell/Huntington “have been bargaining for a new union contract for months” that entails fair pay and retaining the current nursing staff while hiring new nurses to the staff.
“[I]nstead of negotiating fair contracts that help hire and retain nurses for safe staffing, Northwell management has been showing complete disrespect at the bargaining table,” the NYSNA said. Northwell’s concessions would “roll back important gains nurses have fought for and could erode quality care on Long Island,” the organization said…