NYSNA

  • New York Nurse Reformers One Step Closer to Power
    Mark Brenner
    Oct 19 2011 - 5:33pm

    Reformers inside the New York State Nurses Association are one step closer to taking power in the 37,000-member union after a federal judge ordered the outgoing leaders to seat the winners of an August election.

  • Reformers Sweep Election in New York Nurses Union
    Mark Brenner
    Sep 1 2011 - 11:03am

    In an election that could further alter the fast-changing landscape of nurse unions, reformers in the New York State Nurses Association gained a big majority on the organization’s board of directors.

  • Don't Take Medicaid Cuts Out on Us, Say NY Nurses
    Jenny Brown
    May 12 2011 - 10:19am

    Noisy pickets by the NYSNA nurses union responded to $5 billion in Medicaid cuts by New York legislators, which hospitals are trying to pass on to nurses. In the Bronx, nurses say Montefiore hospital looks to save by understaffing.

  • With Members Angry, Unions Sue to Stop Mandatory Vaccinations
    Mischa Gaus
    Nov 11 2009 - 1:17am

    A feverish anger rose this fall among New York's health care workers, the first in the nation required to take a flu shot. Health care union activists said union leaders were too timid responding to the mandate.