NYSNA and MVHS fail to agree on furloughs

MVHS says nurses are at risk of being laid off after NYSNA rejected a furlough proposal.

Finished.

There is no agreement.

And layoffs are the next step for several dozen rns at st.

Elizabeth medical center.

The new york state nurse's association, which represents more than 400 registered nurses at st.

E's, has rejected mvhs' furlough proposal, saying there is no furlough language in their contract.

That leaves one option; layoffs.

1:51 "now, with the way nysna is moving forward, about 80 employees will be at risk of losing their jobs in total" :38 "we have identified a certain number of positions we wanted to put on furlough and those people will now be at risk for bumping and losing their jobs" with a furlough, the nurses would retain health benefits.

But officials with nysna say employees would lose certain protections if they agree to be furloughed.

There's no time frame for any possible layoffs; the bumping process takes time.

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