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Boston Healthcare Workers Rally For Free And Fair Union Election

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Hundreds of union and non-union hospital workers and their supporters rallied on Thursday, May 8 in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston for the free and fair union elections for all Boston hospital workers. Following previous heavily publicized endorsements from Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the Boston City Council, and Ben Affleck, hospital workers received another major boost at Thursday's event from national recording artists Dropkick Murphys, who performed at the rally to show their support.

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Maureen Stewart, RN, Is 2008 Best Nurse Awardee   Thousands March on Kingsbridge Nursing Home to Demand Fair Contract, Benefits

Maureen Stewart, RN, Is 2008 Best Nurse Awardee

“I am so privileged and humbled to be nominated and awarded this honor,” said Maureen Stewart, a 20-year veteran nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York, as she held the trophy symbolizing her Best Nurse of Distinction Award.

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Thousands March on Kingsbridge Nursing Home to Demand Fair Contract, Benefits

Several thousand 1199SEIU members marched through the narrow Bronx streets approaching the Kingsbridge Heights nursing home on May 3, to demand a fair contract with health benefits for their Union sisters and brothers who are in the third month of a strike.

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