(EAST MEADOW, NEW YORK) - Under the leadership of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President Mary E. Sullivan, CSEA’s Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) Unit recently became its own Union Local. 

The decision to transform the Unit into a Local was viewed as a logical move because the hospital became a Public Benefit Corporation in September 1999 and operates under its own contract. 

Now known as CSEA Nassau University Medical Center Local 831, the new Local encompasses the hospital, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility and Nassau County Jail. 

“This change gives our NUMC Members a stronger, more unified voice in the workplace,” President Sullivan said. “By becoming their own Local, they are taking ownership of their future - and that’s what ‘Union Power’ is all about.”

“The process was able to move quickly because we had President Sullivan’s full endorsement,” CSEA Nassau University Medical Center Local 831 President Shakira Settles said. “The Members of the NUMC Local Board work in the hospital. We know what Members working here need because those are our needs, too.” 

Also giving her full support was Governor Kathy Hochul.

Earlier this year, Hochul took crucial steps to stabilize the hospital’s finances and restructure its Board.

The Governor appointed key and experienced professionals to the NUMC Board who have proven that they are capable and willing to work with the community and CSEA.

Local Officers will be working closely with CSEA’s A. Holly Patterson Unit Officers, who recently joined the local Board for a series of meetings to update Members about their work location’s new status in CSEA. 

The group also joined forces with the CSEA Long Island Region’s recent Member Engagement Blitz, visiting local Members at their homes to discuss the decision to become their own Local and how the move will positively affect Members.

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