Hundreds of nurses from five unions will rally at the State Capitol on May 22 to urge lawmakers to help them protect their patients by improving nurse staffing and ending the abusive practice of mandatory overtime. For nurses, it’s an issue of patient safety – the risk of medical errors greatly increases when nurses work mandatory overtime.
Save NY Nurses: The life you save may be your own
Tuesday, May 22, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
East steps of the State Capitol
Contacts
NYSNA: Mark Genovese, 518-782-9400, ext. 353
1199/SEIU: Mindy Berman, 518-810-5326
PEF: Darcy Wells, 518-785-1900, ext. 274
CWA: John Klein, 716-816-1186, ext. 205, cell 716-207-1716
NYSUT: 518-213-6000
Scheduled to Speak:
Joseph L. Bruno, majority leader, New York State Senate
Richard N. Gottfried, chair, New York State Assembly Health Committee
Aileen Gunther, member, New York State Assembly Health Committee
David A. Paterson, lieutenant governor of New York State
Barbara Crane, RN, BC, CCRN, president, New York State Nurses Association Delegate Assembly
Norma Amsterdam, RN, executive vice president, 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East
Debbie Egel, RN, BSN, JD, Public Employees Federation
John Klein, RN, BSN, president, Communication Workers of America Local 1168 Nurses United
Donna Sharron, RN, chief steward, Communication Workers of America Local 1101
Alan Lubin, executive vice president, New York State United Teachers
Anne Goldman, RN, chair, New York State United Teachers Health Care Professionals Council
