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Reliance on Agency Workers & Lack of Competitive Wages Will Push Nursing Home Workers To Picket Wednesday in Kenmore
Nov 27, 2023
1199SEIU Delivered 10-Day Notice To Schofield Residence Administrators Last Week To Hold Informational Picket Outside Kenmore Facility
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Healthcare Worker Strike Averted! Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Overwhelmingly Vote To Ratify Contract
Nov 22, 2023
After months of protracted bargaining, healthcare workers at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, members of 1199SEIU United…
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In Near Unanimous Vote, Patient Caregivers and Service Workers at URMC Overwhelmingly Authorize Strike In Demand For Living Wages, Improved Staffing, And Quality Benefits To Help Recruit & Retain Staff From Largest Private Sector Employer in Upstate
Nov 21, 2023
99% of voting members authorize a strike lasting up to 2 days. Unions and management set to resume negotiations on November 28 as labor…
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Patient Caregivers & Student Service Workers Hold Strike Authorization Vote Tuesday As Labor Tensions Escalate With Largest Private Sector Employer in State, URMC In Demand For Living Wages, Improved Staffing, And Quality Benefits To Lift Some Low Wage Earners Out of Poverty
Nov 20, 2023
Negotiations end abruptly today as NYS Senator Brouk urges leaders to avoid strike.
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1199SEIU Caregivers, Lawmakers including Chuck Schumer & Employers Call Attention to Worker Shortages in Healthcare
Nov 20, 2023
National Apprenticeship Week Highlights Critical Need
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1199SEIU on One Brooklyn Health’s CEO Announcement
Nov 20, 2023
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the Board of Trustees of One…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Trump Really Does Not Want to Give Unauthorized Immigrants Seeking Asylum Due Process
Jun 25, 2018
President Donald Trump still wants to deny due process to unauthorized immigrants crossing the United States border, sending a pair of…
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Whittier Workers Officially Reinstated, Set to Vote in Union Election
Jun 19, 2018
The 20 workers who were suddenly laid off from Whittier Street Health Center last week, then reinstated on Sunday, only to be kicked off the…
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Labor: The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without this Woman
Jun 19, 2018
Pullman porters formed the first black-led union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor— and Rosina Tucker became one of the…
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The Daily 202: Trump team cannot get its story straight on separating migrant families
Jun 18, 2018
THE BIG IDEA: “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tweeted last…
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Over $450M in Fees Eyed to Help Hospitals
Jun 13, 2018
BOSTON -- A House-controlled committee on Tuesday advanced a 127-page health care bill that includes $450 million in assessments on…
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Jordan workers push for contract
Jun 13, 2018
As a few dozen Anthony L. Jordan Health Center employees marched back and forth in front of their workplace last week, they made a few…
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