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Highland Park Nursing Home Workers in Wellsville Vote to Ratify First Union Contract
Feb 16, 2021
Yesterday, more than 55 nursing home workers at Highland Park in Wellsville voted to ratify their first union contract, ending a very…
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Centers Nursing Home Workers Win New Union Contract & Call for Nursing Home Reform!
Jan 29, 2021
More than 300 Nursing Home workers at Buffalo Center, Ellicott Center and Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing voted this week to…
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1199SEIU Members at Three Centers Health Care Nursing Homes Reach Tentative Agreement
Jan 22, 2021
More than three hundred Nursing Home workers at Centers Health Care facilities in Buffalo and Corning went back to the bargaining table with…
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Statement from George Gresham, president 1199 SEIU, on Biden /Harris inauguration
Jan 20, 2021
“Today, balance and justice have been restored to the White House, and to the halls of government. The election and inauguration of…
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Statement from George Gresham, president of 1199 SEIU, on Sen. Schumer becoming Majority Leader
Jan 20, 2021
“Senator Chuck Schumer has been a long-time champion of New York’s working people and has made it his priority to fight for the needs of…
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Essential Workers at Centers Health Care Nursing Homes in Buffalo & Corning to hold Informational Pickets on Friday, January 22
Jan 19, 2021
Caregivers set to protest low wages, poor benefits, and inadequate staffing levels in fight for contract and call for industry reform.

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Florida coronavirus: 52 hospitals max out ICU capacity as cases increase
Jul 10, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A total of 52 Florida hospitals had no available intensive care unit beds on Friday – including six facilities in…
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Labor demands police reform — and in the process, confronts its troubled past
Jun 14, 2020
All it took to awaken our nation to the racism that has been the bedrock of law enforcement since slavery was a once-in-a-century pandemic…
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Healthcare workers on Staten Island take knee in solidarity with victims of police brutality
Jun 11, 2020
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) workers in Ocean Breeze on Thursday took a knee inside the entrance of the…
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As demonstrations for equal justice take new forms, some results start to emerge
Jun 11, 2020
As protests near the end of another week, the quest for equal justice is taking on new forms — and getting some results.
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Health care workers protest in support of Black Lives Matter movement
Jun 11, 2020
Health care workers joined together Thursday to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement and speak out against racism.
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Kaleida Health facilities take part in silent Vigil for Black Lives
Jun 11, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some members of the healthcare community in Western New York came together today to stand up for victims of racial…
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