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1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Will Picket Anthony L. Jordan Health Center Tomorrow, March 29
Mar 29, 2018
Over 75 Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Technicians, Nursing Assistants, clerical, and service employees represented by 1199SEIU, United…
1199SEIU Healthcare Workers to Picket Newfane Rehabilitation and Health Center Friday
Mar 21, 2018
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between the for-profit, downstate owners of Newfane Rehabilitation and the 130 LPNs,…
More than 400 Massachusetts Healthcare Workers with 1199SEIU Win $15/Hour Wage
Jan 22, 2018
Boston, MA (January 22, 2018) - More than 400 healthcare workers with 1199SEIU will soon receive a wage boost to $15/hour as part of an…
New York’s Healthcare Community Increasingly Concerned as Funding Deadline Approaches
Jan 16, 2018
New York’s healthcare consumers, providers, health plans and workers have grown increasingly anxious about the future since the October 1st…
Pres. Gresham: All Men and Women are Created Equal. Now is the Time for Washington to Act Like It
Jan 12, 2018
New York, NY -1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s recent comments about…
Statement on The Trump Administration Ruling To Strip Nearly 200,000 Salvadorians of Their Temporary Protection Status
Jan 8, 2018
“Today the Trump Administration ruled to strip nearly 200,000 Salvadorans of the protections afforded to them under Temporary Protected…

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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