The 1,400 nurses and caregivers at Prince George’s County Hospital Center, Laurel Regional Hospital and other health care facilities in Prince George’s County, MD have filed charges of unfair labor practices against Dimensions Healthcare System and will picket three of the system’s facilities on April 16.
After a long haul, nursing home workers at The Manor at Guilderland Center signed a tentative contract agreement with their new employer. The nursing home has changed ownership four times in the past decade.
On Tuesday, March 18, 205 caregivers at Tallwoods Care Center in Bayville won a major victory when they voted to join with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest and fastest growing union of healthcare workers in New Jersey and nationwide. These workers persevered despite an aggressive anti-union campaign from management.
With a strike planned to begin on April 9, contract talks between 2,000 members of 1199SEIU and Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins hospital management are continuing without an agreement.
On April 4, 1968—exactly 45 years ago –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis TN. The preeminent civil rights leader of the 20th century was also a determined anti-war activist and defender of labor rights. He was in Memphis to help in the organizing of sanitation workers in that city.
From January to March, 1199SEIU Maryland/DC offered free tax preparation and e-filing to members and their families who fit certain income criteria—making it easy and fast to get their taxes done. Tax preparers also helped members receive the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and maximize their refund potential.
The 1,400 nurses and caregivers at Prince George’s County Hospital Center, Laurel Regional Hospital and other health care facilities in Prince George’s County, MD have filed charges of unfair labor practices against Dimensions Healthcare System and will picket three of the system’s facilities on April 16.
After a long haul, nursing home workers at The Manor at Guilderland Center signed a tentative contract agreement with their new employer. The nursing home has changed ownership four times in the past decade.
On Tuesday, March 18, 205 caregivers at Tallwoods Care Center in Bayville won a major victory when they voted to join with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest and fastest growing union of healthcare workers in New Jersey and nationwide. These workers persevered despite an aggressive anti-union campaign from management.
With a strike planned to begin on April 9, contract talks between 2,000 members of 1199SEIU and Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins hospital management are continuing without an agreement.
On April 4, 1968—exactly 45 years ago –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis TN. The preeminent civil rights leader of the 20th century was also a determined anti-war activist and defender of labor rights. He was in Memphis to help in the organizing of sanitation workers in that city.
From January to March, 1199SEIU Maryland/DC offered free tax preparation and e-filing to members and their families who fit certain income criteria—making it easy and fast to get their taxes done. Tax preparers also helped members receive the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and maximize their refund potential.
Now Our Struggle is For Genuine Equality, Which Means Income Equality
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