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1199SEIU and Community Partners Announce Success of City & County Funding Initiatives To Recruit and Train New Healthcare Workers Amid Staffing Shortages
Apr 6, 2023
WHO: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, 1199SEIU Training & Employment Funds, Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, County of Monroe Industrial…
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April Is National Care Workers Recognition Month Highlighting ‘The Best Of America’s Character’ Florida Caregivers Serve Patients, Families, Communities In Face Of Critical Staffing Crisis
Apr 5, 2023
MIAMI – April is national Care Workers Recognition Month, recognizing the dedication and importance of essential caregivers, such as nursing…
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1199SEIU Healthcare Workers & Major WNY Providers Come Together To Sound the Alarm: Gov. Hochul’s Budget Neglects NY’s Healthcare Needs, Especially In Upstate Where Medicaid Coverage Gaps Puts Hospitals & Nursing Homes On Brink Of Closure
Apr 4, 2023
Thousands of Healthcare Workers will rally statewide Wednesday to Protest Governor Hochul’s Proposed Budget
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Thousands of healthcare workers statewide will walk out and rally during their breaks on Weds. to protest Gov. Hochul’s budget
Apr 3, 2023
Healthcare workers in cities and towns across New York will bang on pots and pans in front of their institutions and hold rallies to raise…
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1199SEIU Caregivers Host Federal Health Officials To Discuss New Standards, Solutions For Florida’s Critical Nursing Home Staffing, Care Crisis
Mar 21, 2023
MIAMI – Caregivers and leaders with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East met with officials with the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
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Albany to Witness Historic Protest of 15,000 Healthcare Workers Demanding Gov. Hochul Stop Cuts & Invest in Care
Mar 20, 2023
Albany, NY: Thousands of caregivers, still reeling from three years of the pandemic, will descend on the Capitol to call on Gov. Hochul and…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Inside the Stealth Campaign for ‘Responsible Rent Reform’
Jun 10, 2019
Landlords and developers, fending off a new Democratic majority and proposed rent laws, have adopted some of the tactics of their…
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NY labor leaders putting pressure on state lawmakers in fight of rent reform
May 13, 2019
ALBANY — Labor leaders are turning their political muscle toward the fight for rent reform.
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Hospitals in the Council’s crosshairs: A green buildings bill would hobble the city’s health-care institutions
Apr 9, 2019
The City Council is moving quickly to pass a “green buildings” bill that would dramatically reduce the carbon emissions of every building in…
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Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas
Mar 28, 2019
A federal judge in Washington threw a significant roadblock into the Trump administration’s efforts to compel poor people on Medicaid to…
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Black Patients Miss Out On Promising Cancer Drugs
Mar 27, 2019
It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing…
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Legal Weed in N.J. Failed. But Murphy Says He Will Soon Expand Medical Marijuana to as Many as 200K Patients.
Mar 26, 2019
Only hours after after a bill that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey was shelved over a lack of support, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday…
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