{"id":4979,"date":"2024-05-03T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=4979"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:40:17","slug":"lobbying-and-advocacy-help-nurses-make-headway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-42-no-4\/lobbying-and-advocacy-help-nurses-make-headway\/","title":{"rendered":"Lobbying and advocacy help nurses make headway"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 7, 2024<\/em> \u2014 May is National Nurses Month and PEF pulled out all the stops for issues important to nurses, hospitals, and the communities they serve \u2013 from Nurse Lobby Day on April 15 in Albany to the fightback campaign staving off closure of SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"SUNYSUNY Downstate<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After learning earlier this year about a plan to close SUNY Downstate, PEF and UUP orchestrated a fightback campaign to make sure it did not happen. The two unions, along with concerned clergy in New York City, legislators in Albany, and Brooklyn community leaders held rallies, meetings, and marches to pressure the governor and lawmakers to reject the plan.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the moment, those efforts have paid off.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to the support of State Sen. Zellnor Myrie, Assemblymember Brian Cunningham, the Majority Conferences in both houses of the Legislature, and Gov. Kathy Hochul, a new advisory board will convene to discuss the hospital\u2019s finances, the services it provides, and the health care needs of the community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPEF remains committed to engaging stakeholders on the importance of this state-operated hospital,\u201d said President Wayne Spence. \u201cThe Brooklyn Needs Downstate Coalition will continue its efforts to educate everyone about the essential dual roles played by Downstate \u2013 delivering essential healthcare in Brooklyn and educating the next generation of healthcare professionals.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF Executive Board member and SUNY Downstate nurse Joan Rosegreen will continue to keep the campaign alive as long as needed.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have been going around the unit and informing our members that we are going to stay open,\u201d said Rosegreen.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She said she also shares that message with patients, letting them know Downstate is \u201copen for business\u201d and asks them to tell their family and friends that Brooklyn\u2019s community hospital isn\u2019t going anywhere.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to listen to a joint Town Hall held on April 10 with President Wayne Spence and UUP President Fred Kowal.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"NursesNurse Lobby Day<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dozens of PEF nurses from across the state converged on Albany April 15 and 16, meeting with members of the state Assembly and Senate to share stories and urge support for Tier 6 reform, bullying legislation, a health care preceptor tax credit program, expanding the nurse staffing committee law to other agencies, and making the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act permanent.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF represents approximately 10,000 nurses in state employment, with SUNY, the Office of Mental Health (OMH), Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), and the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) the largest employers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here for a full story on PEF\u2019s Nurse Lobby Day.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Abusive Conduct and \u201cBullying\u201d Prevention Law<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the union\u2019s <\/span>Toxic Tales<\/span><\/a> campaign, PEF members have been sharing stories of bullying and toxic workplaces and as part of the campaign PEF is asking the Legislature to support a bill that would add a new section to the Labor Law to define \u201cbullying,\u201d \u201ccyberbullying,\u201d and \u201cabusive conduct.\u201d The definitions would then enable the creation of a uniform standard of appropriate conduct in the workplace and lead to development and implementation of training for employees and employers to ensure that everyone understands those standards.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Assemblyman Harry Bronson, Chairperson of the Assembly Labor Committee, who also sponsored the bill, voiced his full support to PEF nurses on Lobby Day.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is on my priority list,\u201d he told the nurses who visited his office. \u201cI have heard horror stories from your members. You should be able to go to work and not be in danger. We will see what we can do. You guys do great work.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here to read about how PEF members at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center are calling out bullying managers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"RejectNurse Compact rejected<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF successfully prevented a budget proposal from passing that would have authorized New York to enter into the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>New York maintains higher licensure standards than most of the states in the compact and, as a union representing more than 10,000 nurses, PEF opposed watering down standards for New York\u2019s health care professionals<\/span>,\u201d President Spence said.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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