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Candlelight Vigil Will Shine Light On The Risks To Quality Care Caused By Short Staffing At HealthAlliance Hospital and Lack of Mental Health Beds In Ulster County
Feb 17, 2022
Healthcare workers (members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East,) elected officials and concerned citizens say that Westchester…
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Lewiston Nursing Home Workers Hold Picket To Demand Better Staffing Levels & Competitive Wages From St. Louis Based Ascension Living
Feb 11, 2022
Lewiston, NY – Dozens of workers marched and chanted “Fair Contract Now” in front of Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston…
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Lewiston Nursing Home Workers To Picket Tomorrow Over Staffing Crisis, Lack of Competitive Wages From St. Louis Based Ascension Living
Feb 10, 2022
Local Caregivers Say Ascension Living Closed Three Units and Threatens Lay-Offs Amid Staffing Crisis Exacerbated By Low Wages
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FLORIDA: UNSAFE FOR SENIORS
Feb 9, 2022
“It’s outrageous that legislators in Tallahassee are allowing the nursing home industry to make Florida unsafe for seniors with advancing…
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NEGOTIATIONS STALLED, FATIGUED NURSING HOME WORKERS, MEMBERS OF 1199SEIU, TO HOLD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AT DELMAR CENTER FOR REHABILITATION AND NURSING
Feb 9, 2022
Bronx-based Centers Health Care is refusing sufficient wages for nursing home workers who are STILL risking their health and safety while…
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1199SEIU Releases Investigative Report On HCA Hospitals, Potential $1.1 Billion Medicare Fraud In Florida
Feb 8, 2022
MIAMI - A new investigative report on America’s largest for-profit hospital corporation, HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), suggests the company…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Caregivers at St. Mary's protest police brutality, racial injustice
Jun 11, 2020
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Healthcare workers at St. Mary's Medical Center are holding a protest against police brutality and racial…
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Buffalo healthcare workers join in national walkout for Black lives
Jun 11, 2020
More than 100 unionized healthcare workers at Oishei Children’s Hospital and Buffalo General Medical Center took part in a national walkout…
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Union Healthcare Workers Take A Knee Against Police Brutality And Systemic Racism
Jun 11, 2020
Brooklyn, NY – Healthcare workers continuing to struggle on the front lines of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spent Thursday’s noontime lunch…
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Healthcare workers hold silent demonstration at St. Mary’s: ‘Life is precious’
Jun 11, 2020
Healthcare workers and supporters held a silent protest outside St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach along with others across the…
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‘As healthcare workers, this is our fight, too’: Healthcare workers unite to support Black Lives Matter
Jun 11, 2020
Healthcare workers across the state joined together Thursday afternoon to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement and stand up…
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Holding a silent vigil at Ridgewood Center
Jun 11, 2020
Over 30 nursing home workers at Ridgewood Center hold a silent vigil together with a 1199SEIU healthcare worker Patricia Matthews to honor…
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