{"id":4140,"date":"2022-01-05T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2022-01-05T16:14:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T21:14:02","slug":"pef-ready-to-work-with-gov-hochul-to-reward-protect-healthcare-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pef.org\/articles\/nurses\/pef-ready-to-work-with-gov-hochul-to-reward-protect-healthcare-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF ready to work with Gov. Hochul to reward, protect healthcare heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, N.Y. \u2013 The Public Employees Federation, the Communications Workers of America, and the New York State Nurses Association issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to Governor Hochul\u2019s State of the State address:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe applaud Governor Hochul for recognizing that our frontline healthcare workers are in desperate need of additional resources as COVID-19 overwhelms our hospitals. The Governor\u2019s pledge to invest $10 billion in higher wages, better hospital conditions, and a more robust pipeline of workers is a huge step forward and essential for protecting the health and safety of the public. This proposed massive infusion of resources could not have come at a more critical moment.\u00a0 Skyrocketing cases have pushed our healthcare system to the brink of collapse. Morale is at rock bottom, thousands of health care workers are quitting their jobs in despair, staffing levels are dangerously low, and hospital conditions are deplorable. A major infusion of health care resources cannot wait\u2013it must happen as soon as possible. At the same time, the CDC\u2019s reckless decision to cut the isolation period for infected health care workers to 5 days without requiring a negative test before returning to work has put both workers and patients at serious risk. We look forward to working with the Governor to ensure all our healthcare heroes are appropriately protected and that all New Yorkers have the highest quality of care possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p><em>The New York State Public Employees Federation represents 50,000 professional, scientific, and technical employees across the state, including almost 10,000 nurses. <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pef.org\/\"><em>www.PEF.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Communications Workers of America represents 700,000 working men and women in telecommunications, customer service, healthcare, media, airlines, public service, and manufacturing. District One represents 65,000 total members in New York State. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/bb46b7c6\/oO9DMuLHXEy0SntrmunDVg?u=http:\/\/cwad1.org\/\"><em>cwad1.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) represents more than 42,000 members in New York State. We are New York\u2019s largest union and professional association for registered nurses. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.edgepilot.com\/s\/cc333342\/9HWsgeVb6ES17KbaZBaUDQ?u=https:\/\/protect-us.mimecast.com\/s\/dRkgC5ylAvtZqw00fOB6bC\"><em>www.nysna.org.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, N.Y. \u2013 The Public Employees Federation, the Communications Workers of America, and the New York State Nurses Association issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,490,479],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nurses","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PEF ready to work with Gov. 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