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Statement from Roxey Nelson of 1199SEIU Florida on Healthcare Staffing Crisis, Hurricane Ian
Sep 30, 2022
“It’s inspiring how our Florida healthcare workers have put themselves in harm’s way to care for others in Hurricane Ian, just as they have…
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1199SEIU Healthcare Heroes To Lead Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Efforts Across Florida On “Super Saturday” September 17
Sep 16, 2022
The healthcare heroes of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will canvass neighborhoods across Florida on Saturday, September 17 in an…
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BREAKING: KALEIDA HEALTH WORKERS VOTE TO AUTHORIZE STRIKE
Sep 16, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Healthcare workers within the nursing, clinical, technical, service, and clerical departments at Kaleida Health, who are…
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Healthcare Workers At WMC/HealthAlliance in Kingston Have Ratified Their First Union Contract; Agreement Took Effect Immediately Upon Ratification
Sep 12, 2022
After two years of sometimes tumultuous negotiations, an overwhelming majority of healthcare workers at WMC/HealthAlliance Hospital, members…
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1199SEIU Nursing Home Workers at Elderwood at Lockport, Elderwood at Williamsville, Gowanda Nursing & Rehabilitation, and Newfane Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Ratify Agreements
Sep 9, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Nearly 350 Nursing Home Workers at four area for-profit facilities overwhelmingly ratified multi-year contracts late last…
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1199SEIU Calls on NY City Council to Revamp Homecare Bill
Sep 6, 2022
New York, NY—Today, 1199SEIU homecare workers testified at the City Council’s Civil Service and Labor Committee regarding Intro 175. This…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Florida coronavirus: 52 hospitals max out ICU capacity as cases increase
Jul 10, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A total of 52 Florida hospitals had no available intensive care unit beds on Friday – including six facilities in…
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Labor demands police reform — and in the process, confronts its troubled past
Jun 14, 2020
All it took to awaken our nation to the racism that has been the bedrock of law enforcement since slavery was a once-in-a-century pandemic…
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Healthcare workers on Staten Island take knee in solidarity with victims of police brutality
Jun 11, 2020
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) workers in Ocean Breeze on Thursday took a knee inside the entrance of the…
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As demonstrations for equal justice take new forms, some results start to emerge
Jun 11, 2020
As protests near the end of another week, the quest for equal justice is taking on new forms — and getting some results.
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Health care workers protest in support of Black Lives Matter movement
Jun 11, 2020
Health care workers joined together Thursday to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement and speak out against racism.
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Kaleida Health facilities take part in silent Vigil for Black Lives
Jun 11, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some members of the healthcare community in Western New York came together today to stand up for victims of racial…
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