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+50 Workers, Consumers, & Legislators Demand State Stop Multibillion Dollar Giveaway to Private Insurers
Feb 1, 2024
Speakers called on Governor Hochul to end hugely wasteful program that diverts billions in taxpayer money meant for vulnerable New Yorkers…
Local Hospital & Nursing Home Workers Join Statewide Effort in Albany Demanding Full Funding for New Yorkers Covered by Medicaid Health Insurance Program
Jan 24, 2024
Local Healthcare workers traveled to Albany to yesterday to lobby WNY Senate & Assemblymembers in demand for full funding to Medicaid Health…
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1199SEIU Files Two Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Orleans Community Health
Jan 18, 2024
Union files charges with National Labor Relations Board alleging the employer violated labor law by bargaining in bad faith and…
1199SEIU/GNYHA Response to Governor Hochul’s Proposed State Budget
Jan 16, 2024
In her State of the State address on January 9, Governor Hochul noted that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in…
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1199SEIU To Hold 43rd Annual MLK Celebration at University of Rochester Medical Center Monday at 11AM
Jan 15, 2024
Program will celebrate Dr. King’s work in the labor movement and commitment to workers’ rights through music, poetry, and dance with keynote…
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Union Healthcare Workers at Orleans Community Health Sites in Medina, Batavia, and Albion Vote To Authorize Informational Picket
Jan 12, 2024
Hospital and clinic caregivers are fighting for living wages and quality benefits to help retain and recruit more staff to care for patients…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Union Petitions NYU Langone to Guarantee Benefits
May 23, 2018
Members of 1199SEIU crowded into the reception area of NYU Langone Health's executive offices Tuesday to deliver a petition demanding that…
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Columbia University an Anti-Union Institution
May 9, 2018
New York, NY – Columbia University continues its attack on unions and on April 24th its teaching and research assistants went on strike. The…
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8 Bold Thoughts on the Future of Healthcare
May 9, 2018
From Amazon (AMZN - Get Report) to Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A - Get Report) (BRK.B - Get Report) to Cigna (CI - Get Report) there are some…
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A.M. Roundup: Cuomo Calls For Nixon to Release Tax Returns
May 4, 2018
Bickering over the release of tax returns happens outside of the White House, it seems. Once again, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for his primary…
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Do NJ Nursing Homes Have Enough Staff? Union Wants a Minimum
May 3, 2018
The union representing certified nursing assistants in the Garden State is calling for minimum standards to be set for CNA-to-resident…
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Kaleida Fights Rejection of Buffalo Public Schools Nursing Contract
May 3, 2018
The health system says it will fight to keep its 13-year contract with the schools intact, despite a rejection of the bid by schools…
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