The New York State Nurses Association now is an affiliate of National Nurses United, the country’s largest nursing union, the two organizations said Thursday in a joint statement.
The addition of 42,000 NYSNA members brings NNU’s total membership to about 225,000 registered nurses.
The newly merged unions said they have a number of key goals. The first is aiming to get workplace standards to protect nurses from infectious diseases like COVID-19. They’ll also try to get legislation passed that mandates how many patients one nurse can safely care for and requirements for hospitals to protect healthcare workers from workplace violence.
