Albany Med nurses vote to accept first union contract
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Exterior of Albany Medical Center, as seen in November. Nurses union members voted 97 percent in favor of a new contract. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of3Buy PhotoTonia Bazel, a Albany Med R.N., on the infectious disease unit, talks about her worries and frustrations about what she and other nurses say are poor staffing levels at the hospital. Nurses from Albany Med, who are members of the the New York State Nurses Association, held a press conference outside the hospital on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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By Jacob Perasso December 21, 2020
Militant/Ved DookhunMembers of New York State Nurses Association picket Albany Medical Center during Dec. 1 strike demanding more staff to ensure safety and for the health of patients, higher pay.
ALBANY, N.Y. Hundreds of nurses organized by the New York State Nurses Association struck Albany Medical Center here Dec. 1. Many picketed the entire day, dressed in red and carrying signs reading, “On strike for safety” and “Fair contract for patients and nurses.” Hospital bosses, who had hired replacement workers, prevented nurses from returning to work for three days after the 24-hour strike.
“This strike is about respect and safety and it’s about time that AMC stop treating us like thugs and thieves,” Lenore Granich, a striking nurse who is a member of the union negotiating committee, told a midday solidarity rally.
By Ved Dookhun December 21, 2020
ILION, N.Y. Some 30 people participated in an informational picket here Dec. 5 to show support for United Mine Workers Local 717 members demanding Remington Outdoor Co. honor their union contract. Remington bosses filed for bankruptcy in July, terminated 585 workers in October, and cut off their health care and access to other benefits. They also refused to give severance and accrued vacation pay. Local 717 has held rallies twice a week here since the layoffs, and plans to continue.
The company has run the plant since 1828. In bankruptcy it sold off its brands of shotguns, rifles and ammunition to seven different buyers. It sold the plant to Roundhill Group, whose boss says he wants to refit it to build guns sometime in the future. The union says it wants jobs and a union contract when the plant reopens. There are few other industrial employers in Ilion, a village of 8,000.