Shore Medical RNs to Discuss Impending 24-Hour Strike, Ongoing Negotiations & Growing Support From the Local Community
SOMERS POINT, N.J., Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The registered nurses at Shore Medical Center, members of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), will be providing an update regarding their announcement last week of an impending 24-hour strike at a PRESS CONFERENCE on Thursday, October 1st at 1:00 p.m. at the Shore Nurses Union Hall (505 New Road, Somers Point). They will also discuss the ongoing negotiations and the growing support from the community for Shore nurses. Media are encouraged to arrive at 12:45 p.m.
WHAT: Shore Medical Center RNs to Discuss Upcoming 24 Hour Strike
WHO: Shore Medical Center Registered Nurses, New Jersey State AFL-CIO President
Charles Wowkanech, UNITE HERE Local 54 President Bob McDevitt
WHEN: Thursday, October 1st starting at 1:00pm
WHERE: Shore Nurses Union Hall
505 New Road, Somers Point
After management failed to offer a fair deal and refused to bargain in good faith, Shore Nurses reluctantly authorized a one-day strike scheduled to start October 8th at 7am. Under the terms of the most recent contract, Shore Medical Center made millions of dollars. Shore would continue to do so under the terms of the new contract nurses have proposed.
But, Shore management wants more and has demanded changes to health benefits, retirement benefits, wages, and time-off benefits that would cost thousands of dollars per nurse.
While refusing to engage in good faith bargaining, management has violated federal law by:
- Delaying in providing vital information to union members for bargaining purposes;
- Prohibiting nurses from wearing union buttons or insignia, while allowing employees to wear other buttons and insignia;
- Parading strike replacements throughout the hospital, stating that these are your replacements when you go on strike.
The National Labor Relations Board has set a hearing date for these unfair labor practices for December 10, 2015.
Shore Nurses have released a radio ad calling on the management at Shore Medical to negotiate a fair contract and avoid a strike. The ad began airing yesterday, September 29, and can be found here: https://soundcloud.com/shorenurses/patients-above-profits-a-message-from-shore-nurses-union.
Billboards have also been installed to raise awareness of the campaign for a fair contract in Egg Harbor and Marmora.
**EXCELLENT PHOTO, AUDIO AND VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES**
Shore Nurses Union Members will be available for media availabilities
To learn more about the "Patients Above Profits" campaign, log on to http://www.patientsaboveprofits.com, follow us on Twitter @ShoreNurses and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/PatientsAboveProfits.
The Shore Nurses Union, an affiliate of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) represents more than 37,000 members in New York and New Jersey. For more information, please visit our website at www.nysna.org.
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SOURCE Shore Nurses Union/NYSNA
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