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Union Contracts Covering 1,800 Service Workers at U of R and Strong Memorial Hospital Expires
Oct 22, 2021
On Friday, October 22, the union contracts covering 1,800 service workers at Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester Campus…
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SEVERE STAFF SHORTAGE AND NO CONTRACT AGREEMENT: 1199SEIU MEMBERS WILL HOLD PICKETS AT TWO NUVANCE HOSPITALS ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
Oct 20, 2021
Nuvance’s Hudson Valley facilities are extraordinarily short-staffed. There are long waits to get care in the emergency departments, and…
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1199SEIU, LEAGUE OF VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS AND HOMES OF NEW YORK REACH THREE-YEAR CONTRACT AGREEMENT
Sep 24, 2021
New York, NY – The League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (the League) and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (1199SEIU)…
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Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home Workers Will Rally Today (9/14), Demand Fair Contract Without Concessions from Downstate Owner
Sep 14, 2021
Caregivers at Cayuga Ridge have been working short-staffed and without a contract since May 1, 2021. Downstate owners, Shalom and Barry…
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Congressman Higgins, 1199SEIU Workers & Local Families Stress the Need for the Build Back Better Package to Include Policies Supporting the Care Economy
Sep 7, 2021
Western New York home care workers and families hosted a roundtable discussion with Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) to share the…
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Congressman Higgins, Local Workers & Families to Highlight the Need for the Build Back Better Package to Include Policies Supporting the Care Economy
Sep 7, 2021
Who: Congressman Brian Higgins Peter De Jesus Jr, President of the Western New York Area Labor Federation Robert Weintraub, a local…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Nursing home workers deserve and demand better
Nov 17, 2021
Every day of the last two years, nursing home heroes have put their personal fears about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside and gone to…
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Put patients over profits, healthcare workers statewide rally for nursing home reform
Mar 18, 2021
CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — Thousands of healthcare workers will call on the governor and state lawmakers to pass real nursing home reform.
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Maya Wiley Gets A Boost From Coveted Union Endorsement
Feb 19, 2021
Maya Wiley’s week may not have started well, just missing the threshold to qualify for public funds, but it’s ending with a bang: the…
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Maya Wiley Is Backed by N.Y.C.’s Largest Union, Lifting Her Bid for Mayor
Feb 19, 2021
The endorsement by Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union is a major win for Ms. Wiley. The union was a key early supporter…
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Why Trump must be impeached and removed
Jan 13, 2021
We are less than two weeks into 2021, and our nation is at a dangerous crossroads. The road behind us is littered with violent acts of…
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Exhorto a todos a que se vacunen
Dec 23, 2020
Soy un trabajador de la salud de primera línea y he visto los terribles efectos de esta pandemia de cerca, todos los días, durante nueve…
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