NY Nurse November

New York

nurse november 2018

the official publication of the new york state nurses association

Elections are over.

Now’s the time to fulfill our agenda.

Medicare for All!

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List of NYSNA-endorsed winners in NY, pp. 6-8 Winners endorsed by state AFL-CIO in NJ, CT and PA, pp. 9-11

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Moral clarity

For me, an area of moral clarity is: you’re in front of someone who’s suffering and you have the tools at your disposal to alleviate that suffering or even eradicate it, and you act. – Paul Farmer

By Judy SheridanGonzalez, RN, NYSNA President

W

e live in trying times. As nurses, we find ourselves facing ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. Do I respond to the patient needing pain medication or the disoriented one trying to get out of bed? Do I prioritize antibiotics on time for one patient or restart an infiltrated IV on another? Do I go to lunch or finish my documentation? Do I help a junior colleague or complete my own assignment? Do I vehemently advocate for my patients’ rights— or my own rights—and risk subtle or even overt retaliation, or do I silently accept “the system” with all of its flaws and keep a low profile?

Silent no more

Advocating for patients. Advancing the profession.SM Board of Directors President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, MSN, FNP First Vice President Anthony Ciampa, RN Second Vice President Karine M. Raymond, RN, MSN Secretary Tracey Kavanagh, RN, BSN Treasurer Patricia Kane, RN Directors at Large Anne Bové, RN, MSN, BC, CCRN, ANP Judith Cutchin, RN Seth Dressekie, RN, MSN, NP Jacqueline Gilbert, RN Nancy Hagans, RN Robin Krinsky, RN Lilia V. Marquez, RN Nella Pineda-Marcon, RN, BC Verginia Stewart, RN Marva Wade, RN Regional Directors Southeastern Yasmine Beausejour, RN Southern Sean Petty, RN Central Marion Enright, RN Lower Hudson/NJ Jayne Cammisa, RN, BSN Western Chiqkena Collins, RN Eastern Martha Wilcox, RN Executive Editor Jill Furillo, RN, BSN, PHN Executive Director Editorial offices located at: 131 W 33rd St., New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-785-0157 x 159 Email: communications@nysna.org Website: www.nysna.org Subscription rate: $33 per year ISSN (Print) 1934-7588/ISSN (Online) 1934-7596 ©2018, All rights reserved

People would like to think that remaining silent is being “neutral” or simply not taking a position on an issue. Nothing could be further from the truth. Silence is acquiescence. Silence in the face of oppressive conditions is passive acceptance—and thus, de facto support—of these conditions.

While it may seem sensible to opt for self-preservation at a moment in time (i.e., keeping a “low profile”), it is a failing long-term strategy. We can only make fundamental changes in our external environment when we function as a collective. The anti-labor rhetoric and actions perpetrated by the bosses and billionaires—and the political groups that support them—are designed to dismantle the only powerful tool that workers have: their unions.

Imperfect as our unions may be, we would be at the total mercy of employers without them. But a tool is only as powerful as its operators. With democratic input into a union’s goals and programs, with committed leaders, with calculated strategic actions, with an educational program designed to inspire and ignite passion, only then can a union hope to begin to challenge the Big Money and Big Media control that our employers and their cronies (certain politi-

thinking. Healthcare—like Social Security—is not an “entitlement,” as we are led to believe. People have a right to retire with dignity, not mired in poverty and isolation.

People have a right to have access to the tools and services that promote wellness. We talk about the healthcare folks deserve without judgment, the macro piece of how we see each and every one of our patients.

Social responsibility & the social determinants of health

cians, so-called “think tanks,” legal strategists, commentators and the like) possess.

To survive and thrive in such a hostile anti-union atmosphere, worker organizations also need to embrace and incorporate the broader community into their programs. Nurses can do this easily and organically because everything that we do is linked to the wellbeing of our patients. When we talk about nursing practice, we are talking about how to provide the best care. When we describe the need for educational supports, we are describing how we can best be prepared to confront challenges presented to us by complex scenarios. When we demand safe staffing, we are promoting patient safety.

Our working conditions are our patients’ care delivery conditions.

The Healthcare New Yorkers Deserve

The theme of our first Delegated Convention is “The Healthcare New Yorkers Deserve” because we believe that as a basic human need, healthcare is at the same time a basic human right. As direct care providers, we know what quality care should look like. Most of our struggles in the workplace, in our communities and even in our own families revolve around the delivery of healthcare.

Industry psychologists work overtime to manipulate the public’s

No one wants to see our hard work to get our patients well, or provided with the ability to cope, compromised by the social conditions under which they live when they leave the hospital, clinic or program. And yet, it happens all the time. We cannot see healthcare as a segregated entity that begins with the intake and ends with the discharge. Nurses are holistic creatures. Knowing our patients lack the resources to remain healthy is what keeps us awake at night.

The social determinants of health include education, economic security, nutrition, neighborhood safety, housing, race, gender, language proficiency, immigration status, environment, self-esteem, social status and a variety of related issues. This is why nurses like Lillian Wald, Mabel Keaton Staupers and so many others, as well as physicians like Paul Farmer (quoted above) dedicate their lives to addressing the savage inequities that exist in societies and play a key role in the health and well-being of our populations.

Our union’s most powerful resource is our members. We are blessed to have so many dedicated and spectacular caregivers among us. Our fights for fairness at work and care quality and equity for our patients are umbillically linked.

The healthcare New Yorkers deserve is the working environment nurses and caregivers deserve. They are one and the same.

health & safety

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Nearly 90% have no access to SPH Equipment

Small steps = fewer injuries

N

urses are at risk and are vulnerable to many types of injuries. The most common is musculoskeletal damage due to “overexertion.” For nurses, the main cause of overexertion is the manual lifting, transferring and repositioning of patients.

Despite clear empirical evidence that safe patient handling (SPH) equipment dramatically decreases injuries to both healthcare providers and patients and saves millions of dollars for healthcare employers, many healthcare facilities have been slow to implement comprehensive SPH programs. In 2014, New York became the eleventh state to pass a safe patient handling law. The NYS SPH law introduced a somewhat vague, yet ambitious framework for facilities staffed with direct care workers like nurses. So, how do we know if the law has been effective thus far?

NYSNA SPH pilot assessment

NYSNA set out to tackle this question this summer by beginning the first ever “Safe Patient Handling Pilot Assessment Project.” The project focused on four facilities, two private and two public, and tracked their injury rates using the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Public Employment Safety and Health Bureau (PESH) injury and illness logs over a fouryear period. The four facilities included NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP), Westchester Medical Center (WMC), The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) and Elmhurst Hospital.

In brief, the project showed that when facilities start safe patient handling programs a trend of declining injury rates takes hold. And where SPH programs are not initiated, injuries continue unabated.

As a companion to the project, NYSNA conducted a union-wide health and safety survey. Over 87 percent of respondents to the survey said they had absolutely no safe patient handling equipment.

And of those without equipment, 39.7 percent said they had suffered an injury related to patient handling.

What we learned was only the tip of the iceberg. Our preliminary findings highlighted three areas of interest: injury recordkeeping, facility injury rates, and safe patient handling policy.

Our review of patient-handlingrelated injuries of the four targeted facilities found that the facilities that have implemented, or are well on their way to implementing SPH programs, WMC and NYP, had the lowest incidence rates. While those without an SPH program or in the very beginning stages of implementing a program TBHC and Elmhurst, struggled with significantly higher incidence rates.

For example, in 2016, the patienthandling injury rate for RNs at TBHC was 189 per 10,000, far greater than the 46 per 10,000 rate for all other private sector workplaces nationwide as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (the principal federal agency that calculates labor statistics).

Challenges to successful SPH implementation

OSHA and PESH require descriptive, accurate record-keeping of work-related injuries in a facility.

However, we found vague language, confusing descriptions and/or blatantly incorrect case-logging. We also discovered crossover between safe patient handling and workplace violence cases. In those instances, a

more descriptive record would have been useful in determining how to classify the injury. This led to the question of whether or not the process of injury logging could be improved. Being that these logs are one of the only sources of information we have regarding work-related injuries, poor recordkeeping can severely hamper health and safety monitoring and contribute to the problem of underreporting.

Regardless of the stage of SPH program implementation at each facility, the challenges were the same. Creating and implementing relevant SPH policies presented a significant hurdle. Barriers were grouped into four categories: lm anagement commitment, le mployee involvement , l program maintenance, lh azard identification and control.

Studies suggest that multifaceted programs (ones including equipment, assessment criteria and policies) are the best approach, yet findings suggested this is not yet being achieved.

Furthermore, despite there being successful and long-standing programs, such as the Veterans Administration’s Safe Patient Handling & Mobility Program, there is little dialogue between hospital systems regarding best practices. This lack of collaboration is worsened by the “self-certifying” nature of the NYS SPH law.

Regardless of how necessary the law is, it still leaves facilities to their own devices by not including any enforcement mechanisms. That makes a study such as this is one extremely important.

SPH advocacy means safer workplaces

Fortunately, we are seeing an upswing in awareness and enthusiasm for continued SPH advocacy.

We are also encouraged by our earlier results and are working to confirm that SPH programs prevent injuries. Overall, this project is just the beginning of our journey into assessing the efficacy of the NYS SPH law. What is clear is that more work is needed. Members and facilities need to be informed and further research will do just that.

Workplace violence legislation introduced in Congress A bill that targets the national crisis of violence in healthcare and social service settings, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H.R. 7141, was introduced in Congress on November 11, 2018. The bill would require the Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to develop a standard requiring healthcare and social service employers to write and implement workplace violence prevention plans that protect employees from violent incidents.

All employees are covered The bill would require that the standard cover both facilities covered by OSHA and those that are not. Covered facilities include traditional healthcare settings such as hospitals as well as outpatient facilities, correctional and detention facilities, psychiatric treatment facilities and clinics, group homes, home care, emergency services and transport services. All employees, whether direct hire, contracted or temporary are covered by the bill.

The bill would require that, in developing the workplace violence prevent plan, healthcare and social service employers: l Work with affected employees and their unions to identify workplace violence risks in their particular workplace; l Include both work practice controls (e.g., security, staffing, training, etc.) and environmental controls (e.g., personal alarm devices, barriers, weapon detectors, access controls, etc.); l Develop procedures for: r eporting, responding to and investigating incidents; d ocumentation of incident investigations; c orrective measures based on findings of incident investigations; employee training; and annual evaluation of the plan.

Twelve congressional representatives, including Representative Adriano Espaillat from New York, have cosponsored the bill. NYSNA will closely monitor the bill’s progress and keep members informed.

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Holding them accountable The returns were big and bold in New York: NYSNA endorsed 21 winners of Congressional contests and 148 victories for state office. For the first time since 2010, we have majority support in the New York State Senate for our agenda that includes safe staffing and guaranteed healthcare in the New York Health Act. No fewer than 15 NYSNA-endorsed candidates were first-time candidates. We did our part across the state to bring about these election victories.

By Jill Furillo, RN, NYSNA Executive Director

Total number of NYSNA endorsed winners New York: 169 21 Federal 148 State

State afl-cio endorsed winners New Jersey: 22 13 Federal 9 State Pennsylvania: 119 11 Federal 108 State Connecticut: 73 6 Federal 67 State

NYSNA endorsed There were 15 endorsed first-time candidates who won in New York State. Below is the list.

Federal Max Rose – District 11 Alexandria Ocasio Cortez – District 14 Antonio Delgado – District 19 State Senate Kevin Thomas – District 6 Jessica Ramos – District 13 Julia Salazar – District 18 Zellnor Myrie – District 20 Alessandra Biaggi – District 34 Rachel May – District 53 Assembly Marianne Buttenschon (AD 119, D) Catalina Cruz (AD 39, D) Karines Reyes (AD 87, D) Mathylde Frontus (AD 46, D) Simcha Eichenstein (AD 48, D) Jonathan Jacobson (AD 104, D)

Now is the time to hold them accountable.

Our priorities protect our professional standards, our patients and their families, and the communities up and down the state.

Safe staffing must be atop the agenda of our legislators. We will insist that the understaffing that pervades our facilities be addressed comprehensively. This condition, as we know, threatens harm to our patients every day and drives experienced RNs from our hospitals.

We will hold them accountable on safe staffing.

The New York Health Act, our state’s Medicare for All legislation, must also be a top priority of our legislators. After all, polls showed that a majority of voters put healthcare at the very top of what determined their votes. We cannot allow an insurance industry that makes money by denying care to keep its grip on patient care. This is both a professional and moral imperative.

We will hold them accountable on guaranteed healthcare for all.

When we marched shoulder to shoulder for climate justice we did so with the knowledge that air pollution from carbon is a killer in our communities, and around the globe. The extreme weather poses an imminent threat to our very existence.

When we decry a degraded environment from corporate spillages in our communities and stand with allies advocating for the environment’s protection we do so as public health advocates and experts.

We will hold them accountable on climate change and the environment.

Nurses know that decent housing and real living wages are part and parcel of what makes a healthy human being. That’s why we are actively in coalition with organizations and other unions dedicated to these causes.

We will hold our elected officials accountable on these critical issues, as well.

NYSNA and other unions are the bedrock for the protection of working people, a floor upon which a shared American prosperity was built. We demand that collective bargaining and labor rights be protected.

We will hold them accountable.

Not just in New York. But in Washington, too, where we helped vote in members of Congress. We must hold them accountable for the laws they have promised us.

From this moment on, we will insist, persist and demand that the protections of our patients, families and neighbors, upstate and downstate and across the nation be the subject of democratic debate and comprehensive solutions.

We will hold them accountable to take action.

New York

nurse special insert elections | november 2018

the official publication of the new york state nurses association

Election

wins!

New York Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania

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NYSNA endorsed candidates win in New York State New York Statewide Races CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Andrew Cuomo

Governor

Statewide

D

Kathy Hochul

Lieutenant Governor

Statewide

D

Letitia James

Attorney General

Statewide

D

Tom DiNapoli

State Comptroller

Statewide

D

Kirsten Gillibrand

US Senate

NY

D

New York Congressional Races CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Tom Suozzi

US House

3

D

Gregory Meeks

US House

5

D

Grace Meng

US House

6

D

Nydia Velazquez

US House

7

D

Hakeem Jeffries

US House

8

D

Yvette Clarke

US House

9

D

Jerrold Nadler

US House

10

D

Max Rose

US House

11

D

Carolyn Maloney

US House

12

D

Adriano Espaillat

US House

13

D

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

US House

14

D

José E. Serrano

US House

15

D

Eliot Engel

US House

16

D

Nita Lowey

US House

17

D

Sean Patrick Maloney

US House

18

D

Antonio Delgado

US House

19

D

Paul Tonko

US House

20

D

Tedra Cobb

US House

21

D

Anthony Brindisi

US House

22

D

Joe Morelle

US House

25

D

Brian Higgins

US House

26

D

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New York State Legislature CAPITAL REGION

LONG ISLAND

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Neil Breslin

Senate

44

D

Taylor Raynor

Assembly

18

D

Patricia Fahy

Assembly

109

D

Edward Ra

Assembly

19

R

Phil Steck

Assembly

110

D

Melissa Miller

Assembly

20

R

Angelo Santabarbara

Assembly

111

D

Michaelle Solages

Assembly

22

D

Carrie Woerner

Assembly

113

D

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Senate

35

D

CENTRAL NY

HUDSON VALLEY

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Shelley Mayer

Senate

37

D

Joseph Griffo

Senate

47

R

David Carlucci

Senate

38

D

Patty Ritchie

Senate

48

R

James Skoufis

Senate

39

D

Rachel May

Senate

53

D

Sue Serino

Senate

41

R

Rich Funke

Senate

55

R

Jen Metzger

Senate

42

D

Billy Jones

Assembly

115

D

Amy Paulin

Assembly

88

D

J. Gary Pretlow

Assembly

89

D

Marianne Buttenschon

Assembly

119

D

Nader Sayegh

Assembly

90

D

Donna Lupardo

Assembly

123

D

Steve Otis

Assembly

91

D

Barbara Lifton

Assembly

125

D

Tom Abinanti

Assembly

92

D

Al Stirpe

Assembly

127

D

David Buchwald

Assembly

93

D

Pamela Hunter

Assembly

128

D

Kevin Byrne

Assembly

94

R

William Magnarelli

Assembly

129

D

Sandy Galef

Assembly

95

D

Kenneth Zebrowski

Assembly

96

D

Ellen Jaffee

Assembly

97

D

LONG ISLAND

Karl Brabenec

Assembly

98

R

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Aileen Gunther

Assembly

100

D

Phil Boyle

Senate

4

R

Kevin Cahill

Assembly

103

D

Jim Gaughran

Senate

5

D

Jonathan Jacobson

Assembly

104

D

Kevin Thomas

Senate

6

D

Didi Barrett

Assembly

106

D

Anna Kaplan

Senate

7

D

John Brooks

Senate

8

D

Todd Kaminsky

Senate

9

D

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Fred Thiele, Jr.

Assembly

1

D

Joseph Robach

Senate

56

R

Steve Englebright

Assembly

4

D

Tim Kennedy

Senate

63

D

Doug Smith

Assembly

5

R

Jamie Romeo

Assembly

136

D

Phil Ramos

Assembly

6

D

David Gantt

Assembly

137

D

Steve Stern

Assembly

10

D

Harry Bronson

Assembly

138

D

Kimberly Jean-Pierre

Assembly

11

D

Crystal Peoples-Stokes

Assembly

141

D

Andrew Raia

Assembly

12

R

Pat Burke

Assembly

142

D

Charles Lavine

Assembly

13

D

Monica Wallace

Assembly

143

D

Anthony D’Urso

Assembly

16

D

Sean Ryan

Assembly

149

D

WESTERN/SOUTHERN TIER

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New York City QUEENS

MANHATTAN

CANDIDATE Stacey Pheffer Amato David Weprin Nily Rozic Ed Braunstein Daniel Rosenthal Andrew Hevesi Alicia Hyndman Brian Barnwell Michele Titus Vivian Cook Clyde Vanel Michael DenDekker Jeffrion Aubry Aravella Simotas Catherine Nolan Michael Miller

OFFICE Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly

DISTRICT 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38

PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Catalina Cruz Ron Kim James Sanders, Jr. John Liu Michael Gianaris Jessica Ramos Leroy Comrie Joe Addabbo Toby Ann Stavisky

Assembly Assembly Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate

39 40 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

D D D D D D D D D

OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly

DISTRICT 29 32 33 34 36 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

BRONX CANDIDATE José M. Serrano Luis Sepúlveda Gustavo Rivera Alessandra Biaggi Jamaal Bailey Latoya Joyner Jose Rivera Michael Blake Nathalia Fernandez Jeffrey Dinowitz Michael Benedetto Carl Heastie Carmen Arroyo Marcos Crespo Victor Pichardo Karines Reyes

STATEN ISLAND CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Diane Savino

Senate

23

D

Andrew Lanza

Senate

24

R

Michael Cusick

Assembly

63

D

CANDIDATE Brian Kavanagh Brad Hoylman Liz Krueger Brian Benjamin Robert Jackson Yuh-Line Niou Deborah Glick Linda Rosenthal Daniel O’Donnell Inez Dickens Al Taylor Carmen De la Rosa Dan Quart Harvey Epstein Richard Gottfried Rebecca Seawright

OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly

DISTRICT 26 27 28 30 31 65 66 67 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

OFFICE Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Senate Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly Assembly

DISTRICT 18 19 20 21 22 25 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

BROOKLYN CANDIDATE Julia Salazar Roxanne Persaud Zellnor Myrie Kevin Parker Andrew Gounardes Velmanette Montgomery Helene Weinstein Rodneyse Bichotte Diana Richardson Robert Carroll Steven Cymbrowitz Mathylde Frontus William Colton Simcha Eichenstein Peter Abbate, Jr. Joseph Lentol Félix Ortiz Jo Anne Simon Maritza Davila Erik Dilan Latrice Walker Tremaine Wright Walter Mosley N. Nick Perry Jaime Williams Charles Barron

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Winners in New Jersey endorsed by the New Jersey State AFL-CIO New Jersey United States Senate Candidate

Office

District

Party

Robert Menendez

US State Senate

Statewide

D

New Jersey State Senate Candidate

Office

District

Party

Joe Lagana

NJ State Senate

38

D

New Jersey Congressional Races CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Donald Norcross

US House

1

D

Jeff Van Drew

US House

2

D

Andy Kim

US House

3

D

Chris Smith

US House

4

R

New Jersey State Assembly Races

Joshua Gottheimer

US House

5

D

Frank Pallone

US House

6

D

CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT

PARTY

Tom Malinowski

US House

7

D

Verlina Reynolds Jackson

US House

15

D

Albio Sires

US House

8

D

Anthony Verrilli

US House

15

D

Bill Pascrell

US House

9

D

Linda Carter

US House

22

D

Donald Payne, Jr.

US House

10

D

Pedro Mejia

US House

32

D

Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill

US House

11

D

Britnee Timberlake

US House

34

D

Bonnie Watson Coleman

US House

12

D

Clinton Calabrese

US House

36

D

Lisa Swain

US House

38

D

Chris Tully

US House

38

D

New Jersey AFL-CIO Labor Candidates Candidate

Union

Office Sought

Candidate

Union

Office Sought

Alice Weisman

AFSCME 63

East Windsor Board of Education

Eric Aiken

UBC 255

Hamilton Township Board of Education

Vince Sera

AFSCME 71

Brigantine Council

Aaron Buchanan

UBC 255

Estell Manor Council

Richard DiLucia

AFSCME 1199C

Mayor of Monroe

Steven Reyngoudt

UFCW 2-D

Hasbrouck Heights Council

Michael Heller

AFT 1904

Bloomfield Board of Education

Robert Damminger

USW 943

Gloucester County Freeholder

Domenick Stampone

AFT 2375

Haledon Mayor

Jason Allen

CWA 1033

Pemberton Committee

Patti Harris

CWA 1014

Barrington Council

Frank Rollo

HFIAW 14

Clayton Council

Victoria Fisher

CWA 1037

Teaneck Board of Education

Brendan O’Donnell

IAFF 3786

North Hanover Committee

Shawn Ludwig

CWA 1038

Barrington Council

Matt Oswald

IBEW 102

Riverdale County

Ronald Rios

IAMAW TCU

Middlesex County Freeholder

Vincenzo Petti

IBEW 102

Bound Brook Council

Peter Castellano

IAMAW/NFFE 1340 Egg Harbor Township Board of Education

John Biale

IBEW 164

Oakland Council

Bert Steinmann

IBEW 269

Ewing Mayor

Collette Kennedy

CWA 1031

Keyport Mayor

William Sneathen

IBEW 351

Buena Vista Board of Education

Teresa Kelly

CWA 1040

Buena Vista Committee

Kevin Egan

IBEW 456

New Brunswick City Council

Harold Pye

CWA 1085

Woodbury Heights Council

Charles Spicuzzo

IBEW 456

Spotswood Council

Giuseppe Chila

IBEW 351

Gloucester County Surrogate

Mike Riordan

IBEW 827

Brigantine Council

Ken Haeser

IBEW

Weymouth Township Council

Sam Fennell

IBEW 1820

South Toms River Council

Daniel O’Connell

SMART/UTU

Delran Council

Josh Hertzberg

ILA 1804-1

Sussex County Freeholder

Greg Handshy

UA 9

South Toms River Mayor

Mark Armbruster

IUOE 542

Clementon Council

Art Schenker*

UA 322

Hamilton Committee

Frank Formica

SAG/AFTRA

Atlantic County Freeholder

Greg Schenker

UA 322

Folsom Council

Richard Kanka

UA 9

Hamilton Board of Education

Thomas Kurtz

UBC 255

Port Republic Council

Roshan White

UA 24

Scotch Plains Counci

Matthew Marrone

UBC 255

Chesilhurst Council

Anthony Verrelli

UBC 254

LD 15 Assembly

(*contested)

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Winners in Connecticut endorsed by the Connecticut AFL-CIO Connecticut US Senate Candidate

Office

District

Party

Chris Murphy

US State Senate

38

D

Connecticut Statewide Races

Connecticut Congressional Races

Candidate

Office

District

Party

Ned Lamont

Governor

Statewide

D

Susan Bysiewicz

Lieutenant Governor

Statewide

D

Candidate

Office

District

Party

William Tong

Attorney General

Statewide

D

John Larson

US House

1

D

Denise Merrill

Secretary of State

Statewide

D

Joe Courtney

US House

2

D

Shawn Wooden

Treasurer

Statewide

D

Rosa DeLauro

US House

3

D

Kevin Lembo

Comptroller

Statewide

D

Jim Himes

US House

4

D

Jahana Hayes

US House

5

D

Connecticut State Senate CANDIDATE

OFFICE

DISTRICT PARTY

Candidate

Office

District Party

Candidate

Office

District Party

John Fonfara

Senate

1

D

Gary Winfield

Senate

10

D

Julie Kushner

Senate

24

D

Steve Cassano

Senate

4

D

Christine Cohen

Senate

12

D

Bob Duff

Senate

25

D

Beth Bye

Senate

5

D

James Maroney

Senate

14

D

Carlo Leone

Senate

27

D

Terry Gerratana

Senate

6

D

Cathy Osten

Senate

19

D

Mae Flexer

Senate

29

D

Matt Lesser

Senate

9

D

Marilyn Moore

Senate

22

D

Norm Needleman

Senate

33

D

Connecticut State Assembly Races Candidate

Office District Party

Candidate

Office District Party

Candidate

Office District Party

Matt Ritter

House

1

D

Christine Conley

House

40

D

James Albis

House

99

D

Raghib Allie-Brennan House

2

D

Joseph de la Cruz

House

42

D

Robin Comey

House

102

D

Brandon McGee, Jr.

House

5

D

Emmett Riley

House

46

D

Liz Linehan

House

103

D

Edwin Vargas

House

6

D

Linda Orange

House

48

D

Kara Rochelle

House

104

D

Joshua Hall

House

7

D

Susan Johnson

House

49

D

Bob Godfrey

House

110

D

Geoff Luxenberg

House

12

D

House

53

D

Dorinda Borer

House

115

D

Jason Doucette

House

13

D

Patricia Wilson Pheanious

D

D

D

116

18

56

House

House

House

Mike DiMassa

Jillian Gilchrist

Michael Winkler

D

D

D

118

20

65

House

House

House

Kim Rose

Joe Verrengia

Michelle Cook

D

D

D

120

21

72

House

House

House

Phil Young

Mike Demicco

Larry Butler

D

D

D

127

24

73

House

House

House

Jack Hennessy

Rick Lopes

Ron Napoli, Jr.

D

D

Cristin McCarthy Vahey

D

26

83

133

House

House

House

Peter Tercyak

Cathy Abercrombie

Gary Turco

House

27

D

Hilda Santiago

House

84

D

Chris Perone

House

137

D

Russ Morin

House

28

D

Mary Mushinsky

House

85

D

Kenneth Gucker

House

138

D

Kerry Wood

House

29

D

Joshua Elliott

House

88

D

Kevin Ryan

House

139

D

Joe Aresimowicz

House

30

D

Michael D’Agostino

House

91

D

Lucy Dathan

House

142

D

Jill Barry

House

31

D

Robyn Porter

House

94

D

David Michel

House

146

D

Christine Palm

House

36

D

Sean Scanlon

House

98

D

Matt Blumenthal

House

147

D

NEW YORK NURSE november 2018

Winners in Pennsylvania endorsed by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO STATE HOUSE, cont.

STATEWIDE OFFICE

PARTY

GOVERNOR D US SENATE D

CANDIDATE

Tom Wolf Bob Casey Jr.

UNITED STATES CONGRESS DISTRICT PARTY 1 R

CANDIDATE Brian K Fitzpatrick

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 17 18

Brendan F Boyle Dwight Evans Madeleine Cunnane Mary Gay Scanlon Christina Houlahan Susan Ellis Wild Matthew Alton Cartwright Conor James Lamb Michael F Doyle Jr

D D D D D D D D D

STATE SENATE DISTRICT 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 18 22 38 42

PARTY D D R D D D D D D D D

CANDIDATE Christine Tartaglione Arthur Haywood III Robert Tomlinson Anthony Williams Steven Santarsiero Maria Collett John Yudichak Lisa Boscola John Blake Lindsey Williams Wayne Fontana

STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 1 2 3 7 9 16 18 19 20 21 22 23

PARTY D D D D D D R D D D D D

CANDIDATE Patrick Harkins Robert Merski Ryan Bizzarro Mark Alfred Longietti Christopher Sainato Robert Matzie Gene DiGirolamo Jake Wheatley Adam Ravenstahl Sara Innamorato Peter Schweyer Dan Frankel

DISTRICT 24 25 27 31 32 33 35 36 38 42 45 49 50 53 55 61 70 72 74 77 79 95 96 103 106 112 113 114 115 118 119 120 121 123 126 132 133 135 136 140 141 142 143 146

PARTY D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R D D D R D D D D D D R D D D D D D D D D R D D

CANDIDATE Edward Gainey Brandon Markosek Daniel Deasy Perry Warren Jr Anthony Deluca Francis Dermody Austin Davis Harry Readshaw III William Kortz II Daniel Miller Anita Kulik Steve Topriani* Pamela Snyder Steven Malagari Joseph Petrarca Laura Hanbidge Matthew Bradford Frank Burns Dan Williams H Scott Conklin Louis Schmitt Jr Carol Hill-Evans Peter Sturla Patty Kim Thomas Mehaffie III Kyle Mullins Martin Flynn Michael Kavulich Maureen Madden Michael Carroll Gerald Mullery Aaron Kaufer Edwin Pashinski Neal Goodman Mark Lucio Rozzi Michael Schlossberg Jeanne McNeill Stephen Samuelson Robert Freeman John Galloway Tina Davis Frank Farry III Wendy Ullman Joseph Ciresi

STATE HOUSE, cont.

DISTRICT 148 149 150 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 172 173 174 177 179 180 181 182 184 185 186 188 190 191 192 194 195 197 198 200 201 202 203

PARTY D D D R D D D D D D D R D D R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

(*contested)

CANDIDATE Mary Josephine Daley Timothy Patrick Briggs Joseph Webster Phd Thomas Paul Murt Ben Sanchez Stephen McCarter Danielle Friel Otten Carolyn Comitta Melissa Shusterman Christina Sappey Brian Kirkland Stephen Barrar Leanne Krueger-Braneky David Delloso James Santora Margo Davidson Jennifer Omara Gregory Vitali Kristine Howard Kevin Boyle Michael Driscoll Ed Neilson Joseph Hohenstein Jason Dawkins Angel Cruz Malcolm Kenyatta Brian Sims Elizabeth Fiedler Maria Donatucci Jordan Harris James Roebuck Vanessa Brown Joanna McClinton Morgan Cephas Pamela Ann Delissio Donna Bullock Danilo Burgos Rosita Youngblood Christopher Rabb Stephen Kinsey Jared Solomon Isabella Fitzgerald

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Election

wins!

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