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CWAers Rally for Life-Saving Safe Staffing Legislation
CWA members across New York have been working with other unions and allies to pass the life-saving Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act to set a safe limit on the number of patients nurses can be assigned.
Members from CWA Local 1111 held a rally this week in Elmira, N.Y., advocating for the bill, which would require all acute care facilities to meet minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, and would require all residential healthcare facilities to comply with minimum care hours for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nurses aids.
"Anyone who has gone to the hospital can see how the shortage affects care. There needs to be a ratio of nurses to patients for safety reasons," said CWA Local 1111 President Jake Lake.
Members of CWA Local 1111 held a rally this week in Elmira, N.Y., to call on the New York legislature to pass the life-saving Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act.