"I came into nursing with a passion for the work and the patients. I now have a focus for patient safety and improved working conditions. I'm still committed to the complete role of the nurse. The need to advocate for my patients however is more critical than ever." - Amanda Hutchins Warren, RN

Amanda Hutchins Warren, RN serves as the Danbury Hospital Nurses Union, Unit 47, AFT Local 5047's representative on Danbury Hospital's staffing committee. She has worked at Danbury Hospital for 27 years. She recently had an opinion article published on ctnewsjunkie.com, calling out Danbury Hospital's

"My biggest stressor is when I am unable to continuously watch our monitors and miss something, only later realizing that I could have missed signs of distress in a baby. More than once I've considered leaving this career rather than being victimized along with my patients by unsafe staffing." - Chris Schilling, RN

I am a Labor and Delivery nurse of almost 20 years at Danbury Hospital. Childbirth is a stressful, life-altering period of time! Having a first baby is often the first time a woman experiences "being in the hospital" and all that goes with it. I have been honored to help many of our

Below is the link to the Winter 2021 Newsletter. As always, click on the link ending in .pdf to view. 

Newsletter Winter 2021

Here is the link to the 2021-2024 Unit 47 Contract

Unit 47 2021-2024 Contract

Here is a copy of the Constitution and Bylaws for AFT5047, Unit 47

Constitution 2019 

Below you will find the link to all of the signed Tentative Agreements with the Hospital for member review. Further information will be provided at the Zoom Session, sent out through email and Facebook

http://unit47.ct.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2021-04/complete_set_of_tentative_agreements_revised.pdf