Local LI nurses are asking for your help! If you can please be there tomorrow February 26 at noon outside South Shore University Hospital to hear the nurses speak out!

From our friends at NYSNA: “New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) nurses at Northwell Health/South Shore University Hospital demand Northwell negotiate and settle a fair contract. For months, they have been fighting for a fair contract with safe staffing, improved wages and benefits that will help recruit and retain nurses, and a voice in patient care. They are voting to authorize an unfair labor practice strike and will announce the results Wednesday.

Instead of prioritizing negotiating a fair contract, Northwell/South Shore administration has interfered with employee rights by retaliating against patient advocates. Nurses are urging Northwell to prioritize negotiating a fair and on-time contract, respect their nurses and settle a fair contract with safe staffing, improved wages, and benefits that will help recruit and retain nurses. Last week, Long Island Unions sent a letter of support for NYSNA nurses to Northwell CEO Michael Dowling.”

Sooner or later every one of us requires medical care, and during those times we look to people like NYSNA’s inspiring nurses for help. There aren’t many professions so universally needed and essential as nurses. As community supporters lets stand with our local nurses so that when we inevitably need their help they’ll be working with the proper staffing, safety, and financial security they need to deliver the care we as patients deserve!

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Until next time, thank you for your support of LIJWJ and solidarity with our local workers.

In solidarity,

Long Island Jobs with Justice