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1199SEIU/GNYHA Response to Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address
Jan 10, 2024
Governor Hochul’s State of the State address notes that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in the rest of the…
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1199SEIU/GNYHA Response to New York’s Federal Medicaid Waiver
Jan 10, 2024
We are pleased that New York’s Medicaid waiver has been approved. 1199SEIU and Greater New York Hospital Association have advocated for the…
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Healthcare Advocates Urge Governor Hochul to End Chronic Medicaid Underpayments to Hospitals
Jan 10, 2024
A small portion of New York’s huge, unprecedented reserves can close the Medicaid funding gap, save struggling hospitals, and protect…
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1199SEIU To Hold 43rd Annual MLK Celebration at  University of Rochester Medical Center Next Week 
Jan 10, 2024
Program will celebrate Dr. King’s work in the labor movement and commitment to workers’ rights through music, poetry, and dance with keynote…
Kenmore Nursing Home Workers Vote To Ratify 17-Month Union Contract Following Informational Picket Last Year
Jan 3, 2024
More than 75 nursing home workers at Kenmore’s Schofield Residence voted to ratify a 17-month contract with their employer yesterday.
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Unhappy Holidays’ – Workers Called Out Nursing Home For Bounced Paychecks & More ‘Humbug’ Treatment While Staffing & Care Crisis Puts Caregivers & Patients At Risk Across State
Dec 29, 2023
Workers at West Broward Rehabilitation & Healthcare called out the facility for bouncing paychecks, reduced and mishandled insurance…

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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