Michael Schreiber and Noah Mueller with the Uniformed Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation joined the picket line. Picture by Gabriele Holtermann
Picture by Gabriele Holtermann
Members of the Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation got here to the help of the New York State Nurses Affiliation (NYSNA) on Thursday because the historic NYC nurses strike entered its fourth day.
A number of firefighters joined nurses on the picket line exterior Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital on the Higher West Aspect on Jan. 15 in a present of solidarity for the union preventing for a good labor contract, together with secure staffing, ample healthcare advantages, and safety from office violence.
NYSNA reps say that as a substitute of agreeing to a good contract, the three personal hospital methods, Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and New York-Presbyterian, have tried to roll again secure staffing, push ahead cuts to healthcare protection, and rejected options to deal with office violence, whereas retaliating towards, slandering, and terminating nurses in makes an attempt to intimidate them.
NYSNA nurses are demanding that hospital executives reverse the illegal disciplines and terminations and return to the bargaining desk.
Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation reps, President Andrew Ansbro, Noah Mueller, and Michael Schreiber advised New York News that they joined the picket line as a result of the FDNY owed New York Metropolis nurses a lot gratitude for saving firefighters’ lives and limbs.”
Michael Schreiber, Andrew Ansbro, and Noah Mueller with the Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation joined the picket line.Picture by Gabriele Holtermann
Ansbro demanded a good contract for union nurses and urged hospital administration to return to the bargaining desk.
“When there’s danger and an emergency, people call us. When people get hurt and sick, they go to nurses,” Ansbro mentioned. “No one ever goes to management when they have a problem. Management just reaps the benefits from their labor. Management’s got to come to the table and share the wealth and give them a fair contract and fair working conditions.”
“Anything that we can do to support them, we will do,” added Schreiber, a well being and security officer with the Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation. “We’ll be out here with them for the next days and weeks, and weeks and months.”
Mueller, Manhattan trustee of the Uniformed Firefighters Affiliation, famous that nurses maintain firefighters instantly after being injured in fires. He himself has skilled such care.
“I’ve been treated by these nurses probably 50 times in my career, for stitches, burns, [and] breaks. This is who takes care of us when we’re done doing our job. So that’s why we’re out here to support,” Mueller added.
preventing for a good labor contract, together with secure staffing, ample healthcare advantages, and safety from office violence.Picture by Gabriele Holtermann
NYSNA nurses and lawmakers reminded hospital executives that it was nurses who have been on the frontlines in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
“Where were the executives? They were in their second home, hiding,” NYSNA President Nancy Hagans advised the group. “We wore garbage bags when we didn’t have PPE, no vaccine, we could not go home. Some of us slept in our garage because we didn’t want to get the rental families sick. Nurses are the backbone of the hospital.”
Assemblymember Tony Simone (D-Manhattan) blasted the CEOs of Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian, whose whole compensation, together with salaries, advantages, and perks, elevated by over 54% from 2020 to 2023, in line with 990 tax filings. NewYork-Presbyterian CEO Steve Corwin earned $14,6 million in 2023, or $40,000 per day, incomes more cash in two days than most New York Metropolis households make in a complete 12 months.
“To the millionaire class who run these hospitals. Our nurses are what keep us safe and healthy, and we will be here every day until they get a fair contract. So get out of your warm offices and negotiate now,” Simone urged.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams known as on hospital administration to return to the bargaining desk.Picture by Gabriele Holtermann
Gov. Kathy Hochul has urged each side to achieve an settlement; she has not formally expressed help for the 15,000 nurses on strike. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams publicly known as the governor out for this on Thursday, and advised her to face with the putting nurses.
“This is the wrong time to try to betray the union and try to betray the nurses. Make sure your actions back up your words. It is an election year, and we are going to remember,” Williams mentioned.
