Collectively, the nurses on the Samaritan Albany General Hospital (SAGH) bargaining team will take hundreds of hours off work to attend bargaining sessions. While some of our team has the PTO to cover these hours or can easily trade shifts, others may need to take more than 100 hours of unpaid time to negotiate our contract.

Please help offset this financial burden by making a donation to our bargaining unit fund to support a stipend for members of our bargaining team. All funds raised will go to offset the financial losses bargaining team members would otherwise experience. If more money is raised than needed to offset these losses, the funds will remain in the bargaining unit treasury for future bargaining or campaign support.