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1199SEIU Statement Regarding The Recent Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Jul 11, 2021
The 450,000 healthcare workers of 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, are saddened and outraged by the recent assassination of Haitian…
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HUNDREDS OF 1199SEIU HEALTHCARE HEROES STAGE ‘HIGH NOON’ RALLIES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND TO SHOW HOSPITAL MANAGERS THEY ARE READY TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT RECOGNIZING WORKERS’ EFFORTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Jun 30, 2021
NEW YORK (July 29, 2021) – Hundreds of healthcare heroes from 1199SEIU – the largest healthcare union in the nation – today held lunchtime…
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Care managers at NFMMC Health Home approve first union contract
Jun 30, 2021
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Healthcare Workers at Absolut Care at Gasport agree to 3-year contract!
Jun 24, 2021
Gasport, NY - Absolut Care at Gasport and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers are pleased to announce that they have agreed to the terms of…
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1199SEIU PRES: WE DO NOT SUPPORT A COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE
Jun 11, 2021
New York, NY – 1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement regarding New York Presbyterian Hospital’s…
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Amid Bankruptcy, Healthcare Workers at Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport Unanimously Vote to Ratify 2-Year Contract
Jun 11, 2021
Lockport, NY – Nearly 200 Healthcare workers at Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport have unanimously voted to ratify a new 2- year…

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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