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Essential Workers at Centers Health Care Nursing Homes in Buffalo & Corning to hold Informational Pickets on Friday, January 22
Jan 19, 2021
Caregivers set to protest low wages, poor benefits, and inadequate staffing levels in fight for contract and call for industry reform.
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1199SEIU Position Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine
Dec 12, 2020
The hardworking women and men of 1199SEIU have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic for nine months. During this time, they have…
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WITH THE THREAT OF LOSING THEIR HEALTH BENEFITS LOOMING, LIVINGSTON HILLS NURSING HOME WORKERS WILL HOLD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Nov 30, 2020
Livingston Hills Nursing Home workers, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and their supporters are critically concerned…
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PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: After Many Challenging Months Of Pandemic Hazard and Heartbreak, 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Cast Their Votes, Together
Oct 28, 2020
1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights.…
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PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: After Many Challenging Months Of Pandemic Hazard and Heartbreak, 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Cast Their Votes, Together
Oct 28, 2020
1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights.…
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Clarification re Two Tenet Hospitals and Union Communications on June 10 and 17, 2020
Oct 7, 2020
On June 11, 2020, healthcare workers across Florida participated in actions outside of their workplaces to call for justice for George…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Nursing Assistants Picket Over Wages at Centers Nursing homes
Nov 28, 2018
QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside…
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Emerald South shutdown set for Jan. 31, 2019
Nov 27, 2018
A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January.
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Emerald South Nursing Home to Close After Slew of Scandals
Nov 13, 2018
The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and…
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‘The U.S. Mail Is Not for Sale’: Postal Workers Speak Out
Oct 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the…
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State's health care workforce up 18% in past decade
Oct 16, 2018
Health care employment in the state increased by more than 18% in the past 10 years, more than double the growth rate of overall employment,…
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CMS preparing rules for nursing home staff fines, home personal care oversight
Oct 15, 2018
The CMS is looking to increase its oversight of post-acute care settings through new civil money penalties on nursing home staff and a new…
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