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URMC Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify Three-Year Ground-Breaking Contract Averting Second Longer Strike
Dec 29, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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URMC Workers To Vote On 3-Year Tentative Agreement Tomorrow, Postponing Second Strike Vote
Dec 26, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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BREAKING: URMC Workers Reach Tentative Agreement on Union Contract Following Historic 17-Hour Strike Last Week
Dec 21, 2023
Strike authorization vote set for tomorrow postponed, Union members will vote on agreement next week
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1199SEIU Endorses Solitary Confinement Ban, Policing Transparency Bills
Dec 18, 2023
NEW YORK: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East today announced its support for key City Council bills, sponsored by the Public Advocate,…
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1199SEIU, nation’s largest healthcare union, calls for Gaza ceasefire
Dec 15, 2023
The Executive Council of 1199SEIU, the highest elected body of the union, releases the following statement:
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Union Patient Caregivers & Service Workers Return to Work Following Historic 17-Hour Strike Yesterday
Dec 14, 2023
More than 1,200 Union Workers walked at strike at the largest private sector employer in Upstate New York to demand a living wage 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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