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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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Trump Really Does Not Want to Give Unauthorized Immigrants Seeking Asylum Due Process
Jun 25, 2018
President Donald Trump still wants to deny due process to unauthorized immigrants crossing the United States border, sending a pair of…
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Whittier Workers Officially Reinstated, Set to Vote in Union Election
Jun 19, 2018
The 20 workers who were suddenly laid off from Whittier Street Health Center last week, then reinstated on Sunday, only to be kicked off the…
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Labor: The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without this Woman
Jun 19, 2018
Pullman porters formed the first black-led union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor— and Rosina Tucker became one of the…
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The Daily 202: Trump team cannot get its story straight on separating migrant families
Jun 18, 2018
THE BIG IDEA: “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border,” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen tweeted last…
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Over $450M in Fees Eyed to Help Hospitals
Jun 13, 2018
BOSTON -- A House-controlled committee on Tuesday advanced a 127-page health care bill that includes $450 million in assessments on…
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Jordan workers push for contract
Jun 13, 2018
As a few dozen Anthony L. Jordan Health Center employees marched back and forth in front of their workplace last week, they made a few…
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