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Florida’s Largest Healthcare Union 1199SEIU Calls on Governor to Implement Support for Frontline Caregivers
Mar 26, 2020
Miramar, FL - The following open letter from Dale Ewart, Acting Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, was…
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Statement on Coronavirus & PPE shortages for Florida Healthcare Workers from 1199SEIU Acting EVP Dale Ewart
Mar 21, 2020
Our nurses and other healthcare staff in hospitals and nursing homes having been working tirelessly on the front lines of public health to…
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1199 Pres. Gresham: As Critical Processes Move to Help Secure Care for Kids of Essential Workers, NYC Schools Should Close to Protect Public Health
Mar 15, 2020
New York, NY - 1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement:
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1199 Pres. Gresham: Closing NYC’s Schools with No Care Plan for Children Would Place a Dire Strain on NYC’s Healthcare Infrastructure
Mar 13, 2020
New York, NY - 1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement regarding calls to close New York City's schools in…
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HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT BANKRUPT DELMAR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES ANNOUNCE TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH PROSPECTIVE NEW OWNERS
Feb 12, 2020
Background: In December, when The Lutheran Care Network (TLCN), owners of Good Samaritan & Kenwood Manor in Delmar filed for bankruptcy,…
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Families Of Residents Living At Bankrupt Delmar Long-Term Care Facilities, And Healthcare Workers, Announce Town Hall Meeting
Feb 7, 2020
Albany, NY It’s been three weeks since the healthcare workers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and Kenwood Manor in Delmar, NY (members of…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Home care aides: unsung, underpaid, indispensable
Sep 8, 2020
She does it willingly, a responsibility she sees as vitally important, and it is worth a moment on a holiday meant to honor working people…
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"We are in jeopardy every day we go into work:" Nursing home employees protest dangerous work conditions
Sep 4, 2020
MAITLAND, Fla. – Employees of Florida’s largest nursing home company are protesting dangerous work conditions a day after Gov. Ron DeSantis…
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Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many Deaths
Aug 22, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them -- the last gasps of 17 men and women…
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Nursing Homes to Get 7 Million N95 Masks From Federal Stockpile
Aug 17, 2020
Nursing homes across the U.S. will receive a total of 7 million N95 respirators from the federal stockpile, a White House spokesperson told…
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Florida's care workers battle to protect the elderly
Aug 17, 2020
No place seems safe for Elonda English, not even her car.
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Advocates Apply Pressure on Jones and Ferguson to Reconvene
Jul 28, 2020
Advocates from across the state penned a letter to Maryland House and Senate leaders Monday, imploring them to convene a special session to…
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