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HHC Nurses To File 1,000 Gender Discrimination Complaints Against City & City Council, New York State
Saying city nurses are being denied the right to
a fair pension, more than 1,000 complaints of gender discrimination will
be
filed against the City of New York and the City Council on Friday, Dec.
21.
The complaints will be delivered in person by registered nurses at 10 a.m.
to the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission's Manhattan office at
33 Whitehall St. The 7,100 RNs employed by the New York City Health and
Hospitals Corporation and mayoral agencies are represented by the New York
State Nurses Association. Association representatives will be available to
answer questions about the charges.
The City Administrative Code provides for earlier pension eligibility for
occupations that are considered "physically taxing." This is defined as
jobs requiring "heavy duty and extraordinary effort." Studies have shown
that nursing meets these criteria, in that nurses are at a high risk for
back injuries stemming from the repeated manual handling of patients which
often involve lifting, transferring and repositioning of patients.
But because nursing is a traditionally female dominated profession, nurses
have been excluded from this provision. The nurses have twice introduced
legislation to correct this inequity. Both times it was blocked as a
result
of political game-playing.
"Despite our society's success in addressing many civil rights issues
during the past several decades, gender discrimination is still pervasive
in New York City," said Nancy Kaleda, senior associate director of the
Nurses Association's collective bargaining program.
"Although the type of work registered nurses perform may be different from
other occupations currently designated as 'physically taxing,' nurses
spend
most of their work hours walking or standing where they are required to
lift, move, and reposition patients," Kaleda said. "The cumulative
negative
effects on their bodies are no less than those suffered by any employee in
a male-dominated profession."
Studies have shown that nurses who manually handle patients run a
substantial risk for lower back injuries. Moving patients can exert up to
2,000 pounds of force on a nurse's lumbar spine and it has been estimated
that nurses lift an equivalent of 1.8 tons per shift. Nearly 40% of nurses
will sustain significant back injuries during their careers. In 1998,
61,600 nurses nationwide had to take time off of work due to back
injuries,
more than construction laborers, janitors, and carpenters.
This injury rate is directly related to the number of RNs who retire
early.
The average age of RNs in New York State is 47 years. Largely due to the
physically taxing nature of the profession, the average retirement age for
registered nurses in New York is only 49.
"We don't understand how the city could have abandoned the nurses of HHC,"
Kaleda said. "That nurses should have to turn to this is an embarrassment
for the city of New York, which supposedly prides itself on being one of
the most progressive employers in the nation. Moreover, this status will
result in no increased costs to the city, as nurses who would benefit from
this change will make additional contributions from their salaries."
"NYSNA, for its part," said Kaleda, "has not abandoned city nurses and
will
continue to fight to obtain what rightfully belongs to the nurses. NYSNA
will pursue every avenue until physically taxing is a reality for city
nurses. It is our hope that the EEOC will see the facts as they are and
find that government of the City of New York has failed its nurses."
With more than 34,000 members, NYSNA is the oldest and largest state
nurses' association in the nation. It is an influential union for RNs,
representing nurses in New York and New Jersey. Offering a wide range of
services to its members, NYSNA fosters high standards of nursing education
and practice and works to advance the profession through legislative
activity.
New York State Nurses Association
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