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1199SEIU Nursing Home Workers Ratify New 3-Year Agreement
Aug 31, 2022
Buffalo, NY – More than 600 Nursing Home Workers at four for-profit facilities overwhelmingly ratified a 3-year contract last week, while…
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RALLY: BRING BACK QUALITY CARE TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Aug 31, 2022
Who: 1199SEIU members at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Labor and Community Leaders, Elected Leaders Expected: Congressman-elect Pat Ryan, US…
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Kaleida Health Workers To Hold Strike Authorization Vote
Aug 23, 2022
BUFFALO, NY -- Starting on September 13th until September 15th, more than 6,300 union healthcare workers employed by Kaleida Health,…
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CLARA MAASS MEDICAL CENTER NURSES VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN 1199SEIU IN NJ’S LARGEST HEALTHCARE UNIONIZATION SINCE PANDEMIC
Aug 11, 2022
Over 500 registered nurses unite to win a collective voice to improve patient care and working conditions.
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CWA, 1199SEIU Unions Will Not Extend Current Healthcare Worker Contract After July 31 Deadline
Jul 30, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Kaleida healthcare workers represented by CWA and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced Friday they will not be…
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Caregivers at Corning Center To Hold Informational Picket on 7/13 In Solidarity with Long-Term Care One-Day Strikes in Western NY
Jul 11, 2022
WHY: More than 100 nursing home workers at Corning Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in Corning will hold an informational picket on…

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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