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1199SEIU President’s Message Regarding Latest CDC Quarantine Guidelines
Jan 6, 2022
We all expected and hoped against hope to see a healthier new year. But, the Omicron variant, raging across the world, has quashed that…
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Florida’s Nursing Homes Have Created ‘A Crisis Of Their Own Making’
Jan 6, 2022
MIAMI---The state’s largest union of healthcare workers, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has published “A Crisis Of Their Own…
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Florida’s Nursing Homes Have Created ‘A Crisis Of Their Own Making’
Jan 6, 2022
MIAMI---The state’s largest union of healthcare workers, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has published “A Crisis Of Their Own…
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Nursing Home Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify 2-Year Contract With Weinberg Campus Despite Pending Sale To Elderwood
Dec 27, 2021
Getzville, NY – More than 200 nursing home workers at Weinberg Campus in Getzville are celebrating a big victory this holiday season instead…
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Nursing Home Workers At Schofield Residence Win 2-Year Contract Including 18% Wage Increases!
Dec 10, 2021
Kenmore, NY – More than 80 healthcare workers at Schofield Residence in Kenmore are celebrating a big contract victory this holiday season!…
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Critically Short-Staffed Caregivers Overwhelmingly Vote To Strike!
Nov 18, 2021
Ithaca, NY - More than 70 healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home in Ithaca,…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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How Lobbying Works in NYC
Mar 11, 2019
Influencing the way politicians vote is a big business. Last year alone, clients in New York City spent a total $102.6 million to help your…
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Nearly $1 Billion Cut to Medicaid Could Result in Job Losses, Closures, Cuts to Care
Mar 8, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — Healthcare workers met with local elected officials Friday to warn of the consequences of Medicaid cuts proposed for…
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Immigrants are suffering, need health care now
Feb 27, 2019
This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old…
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Public Advocate: Jumaane Williams Wins Special Election in New York City
Feb 27, 2019
Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory…
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Many warned a Supreme Court ruling would cripple unions. NY's remain strong
Feb 22, 2019
ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was a…
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This is How We Get Terrible Health Care
Jan 31, 2019
Now that the presidential race has started (God help us), candidates have started discussing policies — and because the health care system…
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