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Amid Contract Negotiations, Kaleida Health Workers Raise Concerns Around Severe Understaffing Endangering Patient Care
Jun 14, 2022
Buffalo, NY - Today, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East released a new joint…
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Nursing Home Workers at 5 For-Profit Facilities to Hold Informational Pickets Across WNY Next Week
Jun 10, 2022
Caregivers Demand Fair Union Contracts Including $15 per hour, Standard Wage Scales Based on Experience, and Better Staffing Levels While…
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For-Profit WNY Nursing Home Workers to Join Day of Action, Launch National Campaign to Demand Industrywide Reform
Jun 8, 2022
Buffalo, NY - 1199SEIU nursing home workers in Western New York continue their fight for fair contracts at 12 area for-profit nursing homes.…
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Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Attributed To Low Wages Offered by Downstate For-Profit Ownership Groups
Jun 2, 2022
WHY: Twelve for-profit nursing home contracts in Upstate New York covering 1,200 healthcare workers all have expired. Nursing Home workers…
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Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Attributed To Low Wages Offered by Out-Of-Town For-Profit Ownership Groups
May 31, 2022
WHY: Twelve for-profit nursing home contracts covering 1,200 healthcare workers all have expired. Nursing Home workers are represented by…
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Statement From RN Elizabeth Jazon Of 1199SEIU On Florida AHCA, Executive Order Demanding Patient Immigration Information For Partisan Political Purposes
May 31, 2022
“Doctors, nurses and other hospital workers are committed to provide the very best care possible to their patients. It’s an oath we take,…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Labor Leaders and Activists Turn Out for Immigrants
Jul 5, 2018
Whether it was Lower Manhattan or in Los Angeles, labor leaders and activists took to the streets to protest the White House’s immigration…
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Bronx Street Co-named to Honor Union Leader's Late Wife
Jul 5, 2018
Dozens of educators and members of 1199 SEIU gathered Sunday afternoon with Bronx Council Member Andy King and 1199 SEIU President George…
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AFT President Weingarten Blasts Trump and DeVos for Labor /Education Merger Proposal
Jun 28, 2018
Something the Republicans have wanted to do since the Clinton administration might come to fruition under Trump. It’s made American…
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Supreme Court Decision Could Hurt State's Health Care Unions
Jun 28, 2018
A U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday prohibiting public-sector unions from charging nonmembers "fair share" fees for representing the…
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Emerald South Nursing Home Rallies for Change
Jun 28, 2018
Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW) - A rally was held Thursday on the front lawn of the Emerald South nursing and rehabilitation center on Delaware…
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5 Takeaways From Maryland's 2018 Primary Election
Jun 27, 2018
Elections can be chaotic affairs. The fliers. The endorsements. The problems at the polls. At the end of the night, what have we actually…
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