AFT Nurses & Health Professionals

The Fight to Save SUNY Downstate SUNY Downstate, one of the State University of New York’s three teaching hospitals, has been at the center of a yearslong battle to protect access to healthcare in central Brooklyn. Despite decades of underfunding, SUNY Downstate is a crucial academic medical center and safety-net hospital that de...

Happy day 6 of ! 🎉

This year's theme, the shines bright as we remember the felt during AFT's Nurses & Health Professionals Issues Conference held last month in Detroit. Thank you to everyone who joined us! You can read more about this year's PIC below 👇

Together we care ✊

Together we care—now it’s time to act AFT nurses and healthcare professionals from across the country gathered in Detroit April 13-15. Members came carrying the weight of understaffing, growing patient demand and a healthcare system under attack, but they left with something stronger: a shared sense of purpose and concrete plans to act....