Gasport Nursing Home Workers Will Picket Tomorrow 6/3 To Demand Competitive Wages And Benefits from New Owners
June 2, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Contact: April Ezzell, 1199SEIU Communications | (716)449-1620
Interview Opportunity
Short-staffed rural facility recently acquired by Ed Farbenblum, majority owner of McGuire Group and owner of RCA Healthcare Management, LLC, 1 left negotiations after refusing to pay beleaguered caregivers an additional $0.35.
WHO: Nursing Home Workers
WHAT: Informational Picket
WHEN: Thursday, June 3, 2021 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:30 pm Press Conference
WHERE: Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation at Gasport
4540 Lincoln Dr
Gasport, NY 14067
WHY: Nursing Home workers at a small rural nursing home are working without a contract since April 30 when their one-year contract expired. At the most recent negotiating session, RCA Healthcare Management, LLC offered less than competitive wages and benefits, leaving workers feeling disrespected after working short-staffed throughout COVID-19 pandemic.
The Niagara County nursing home was recently purchased by downstate nursing home owner Ed Farbenblum. Farbenblum is owner of RCA Healthcare Management Group, LLC and now majority owner of The McGuire Group which operates Autumnview Manor, Seneca Manor, North Gate Manor, and Garden Gate Manor. The new ownership group also operates the former Absolut Nursing Homes at Aurora Park, Gasport, Three Rivers, Allegany, Orchard Brooke and Westfield.
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