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+50 Workers, Consumers, & Legislators Demand State Stop Multibillion Dollar Giveaway to Private Insurers
Feb 1, 2024
Speakers called on Governor Hochul to end hugely wasteful program that diverts billions in taxpayer money meant for vulnerable New Yorkers…
Local Hospital & Nursing Home Workers Join Statewide Effort in Albany Demanding Full Funding for New Yorkers Covered by Medicaid Health Insurance Program
Jan 24, 2024
Local Healthcare workers traveled to Albany to yesterday to lobby WNY Senate & Assemblymembers in demand for full funding to Medicaid Health…
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1199SEIU Files Two Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Orleans Community Health
Jan 18, 2024
Union files charges with National Labor Relations Board alleging the employer violated labor law by bargaining in bad faith and…
1199SEIU/GNYHA Response to Governor Hochul’s Proposed State Budget
Jan 16, 2024
In her State of the State address on January 9, Governor Hochul noted that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in…
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1199SEIU To Hold 43rd Annual MLK Celebration at University of Rochester Medical Center Monday at 11AM
Jan 15, 2024
Program will celebrate Dr. King’s work in the labor movement and commitment to workers’ rights through music, poetry, and dance with keynote…
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Union Healthcare Workers at Orleans Community Health Sites in Medina, Batavia, and Albion Vote To Authorize Informational Picket
Jan 12, 2024
Hospital and clinic caregivers are fighting for living wages and quality benefits to help retain and recruit more staff to care for patients…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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As Patients Struggle With Bills, Hospital Sues Thousands
Sep 4, 2019
Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in New Mexico, has filed…
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Boston City Council Candidates Win Endorsement from Healthcare Workers
Aug 15, 2019
Healthcare workers with 1199SEIU recently announced they are throwing their enthusiastic support behind five candidates for Boston City…
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Collective Bargaining Agreement Make Kaleida First To Commit To A Living Wage
Jul 30, 2019
This week, 7,200 Union healthcare workers represented by CWA 1168, IUOE Local 17 and 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, voted to…
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Unlocking Solutions to America’s Healthcare Crisis
Jul 24, 2019
Health is a human right, enshrined in the Alma Alta declaration by the nations of the world. After satisfying the need for food, after…
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ICE to begin nationwide immigration raids Sunday
Jul 11, 2019
Washington (CNN)US Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin the previously postponed raids across the country Sunday to arrest…
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Kaleida, Unions Reach Labor Agreement
Jul 10, 2019
Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Kaleida Health has announced that it has reached a labor agreement with unions representing 7,200 employees.
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