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RNs & Other Caregivers Stopped from Delivering Petition to Summit Health
May 23, 2024
Workers Demand the Walgreens Backed Company Begin Contract Negotiations
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Unions Stand in Solidarity with Campus Protesters
May 20, 2024
Unions representing over one million workers released a statement today in support of campus protesters at colleges and universities across…
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Statement of 1199SEIU on the Crisis in Haiti
May 20, 2024
As a union of healthcare workers, many thousands of whom belong to the Haitian diaspora, we are appalled by the crisis gripping the country.
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United States Trustee Appoints 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East To Steward Bankruptcy Committee, Caregivers To Have Key Seat At Table To Seek Just And Equitable Treatment For All
May 17, 2024
In a win for Florida hospital patients, caregivers and the communities they serve, the United States Trustee, a component of the U.S.…
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Phelps Hospital Workers in Westchester Overwhelmingly Vote to Strike
May 17, 2024
In a powerful show of solidarity, registered nurses and other caregivers at Phelps Hospital voted 98.9% to authorize a strike if hospital…
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Healthcare Workers Across NY Demand State Department of Health Address Critical Staffing Levels at Hospitals Now by Enforcing 2021 Safe Staffing Law: “Our Patients Can’t Wait Any Longer, We Can’t Wait Any Longer”
May 13, 2024
Frontline Workers from Across State Unite to Demand DOH Enforce Staffing Ratios To Protect Patient Care

WEEKLY CLIPS

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How Lobbying Works in NYC
Mar 11, 2019
Influencing the way politicians vote is a big business. Last year alone, clients in New York City spent a total $102.6 million to help your…
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Nearly $1 Billion Cut to Medicaid Could Result in Job Losses, Closures, Cuts to Care
Mar 8, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — Healthcare workers met with local elected officials Friday to warn of the consequences of Medicaid cuts proposed for…
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Immigrants are suffering, need health care now
Feb 27, 2019
This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old…
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Public Advocate: Jumaane Williams Wins Special Election in New York City
Feb 27, 2019
Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory…
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Many warned a Supreme Court ruling would cripple unions. NY's remain strong
Feb 22, 2019
ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was a…
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This is How We Get Terrible Health Care
Jan 31, 2019
Now that the presidential race has started (God help us), candidates have started discussing policies — and because the health care system…
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