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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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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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