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Albany Med Nurses Continue Push For Contract Negotiations

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published November 25, 2020 at 4:40 PM EST
Union members join nurses outside Albany Medical Center on November 25, 2020
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Union members join NYSNA nurses outside Albany Medical Center on November 25, 2020

Albany Medical Center Nurses are renewing calls for hospital management to come back to the bargaining table to discuss a new contract.

The nurses claim almost 500 of their colleagues have left AMC due to hospital conditions including forcing nurses to re-use masks. Tonia Bazel works in the COVID ward and alleges nurses are being bullied by management.

"Calling people into the office and questioning them. I got a phone call from my manager yesterday, on the phone, trying to divide and conquer us is their plan."

The nurses are planning a 1-day strike December 1st. Hospital officials say there will be no interruption in patient care.

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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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