Nurses press for a contract

Demonstration held to put pressure on Ellis Medicine administration. Cathleen F. Crowley, Albany Times Union, July 8, 2010 Schenectady - Nurses from Ellis Medicine demonstrated Wednesday in front of the Nott Street hospital, saying the administration is not meeting their demands for a new contract. For the first time, nurses from the former Saint Clare's Hospital participated in the informational picketing and are part of the bargaining unit. After the hospitals merged in 2008, nurses from the Saint Clare's campus voted to join New York State Nurses Association, the union that represents Ellis nurses. ... Nurses