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(UPSTATE NEW YORK) – Registered Nurses (RNs) at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton\u00a0have voted by a 2-to-1 margin in favor of joining 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, the largest Health Care Workers Union in the country.<\/p>\n
The new Bargaining Unit includes 340 RNs at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital who provide care in Inpatient\/Acute Care, Wound Care, Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Diagnostic Radiology, Radiology Administration, Medical Oncology, Hem\/Oncology Services and Radiation Oncology.<\/p>\n
The Hospital is a 197-bed Acute Care Facility that joined the Guthrie System in early 2024.<\/p>\n RN Candice Mozes said: “Nurses need a real say in how our Hospital is run, down to how and where resources are allocated. Forming our Union means that we will be partners in decision-making with hospital management.\u00a0When our voices are heard and we have the tools we need to do the job, patients will receive more\u00a0appropriate care.\u201d<\/p>\n Guthrie Lourdes Hospital Nurses now join their 1199 SEIU Colleagues at Corning Hospital, located just down the 86 freeway.<\/p>\n Workers at Guthrie\u2019s Corning Hospital have been represented by the Union for many years, recently negotiating a new contract that\u00a0improves working conditions, benefits and wages needed to retain and recruit Workers at the\u00a0Hospital.<\/p>\n Now the Guthrie Lourdes Nurses will begin to identify the key issues for contract talks with their employer and elect a Member-led Bargaining Committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n Once the election\u00a0results are\u00a0certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),\u00a0Lourdes Gutherie Hospital and\u00a01199 SEIU will begin negotiations.<\/p>\n \u201cChange\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0coming without us having a seat at the table,\u201d RN Katie\u00a0Thepsombat said.<\/p>\n