Long Island Community Hospital deadline for union contract approaches
Among the line items the union is seeking in the contract are increases to wages, expansion of medical coverage, and updates to staffing ratios for patient-facing staff, said Desiree Moore, president of the union and a registered nurse at Long Island Community.
"Cost of living [has] gone up exponentially in Suffolk, so we definitely want a fair market wage to reflect that, but we also want to be competitive with our surrounding hospitals and NYU facilities," Moore said.