01/15/2026
The hospital serves a large area that my clients live. Hopefully this is a plus for staff and patients.
Nurses at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca have successfully unionized with the Communications Workers of America (CWA).
The union and the hospital announced the results of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) supervised election Thursday afternoon.
The union has called for more nurses per patient, guaranteed lunch breaks with safe staffing levels, and pay that matches national standards.
Eighty-two percent of nurses voted to unionize, according to the union. Cayuga United-CWA will represent over 350 employees at the hospital.
Read the full article at WSKG.org
Story and photo by Aurora Berry/WSKG News