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Contract Expires: 1,800 Union Caregivers & Service Workers At New York's Sixth Largest Employer, URMC To Issue Notice To Hold Informational Picket
Nov 1, 2023
New York State Assemblymember Meeks Calls on URMC To Settle Fair Agreement
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Union Contract Covering 1800 Caregivers & Service Workers At New York's Sixth Largest Employer, URMC Will Expire Monday 10/30 If No Agreement Is Reached
Oct 27, 2023
Healthcare & Service Workers Demand Living Wage To Recruit & Retain More Staff While Leaders At University of Rochester Have Seen Their…
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Nursing Home Workers Began Receiving Some Of The More Than $80,000 Dollars in Owed Bonuses Thursday At Embattled Tonawanda Nursing Home
Oct 27, 2023
Informational Picket & Press Conference Set For This Week Called-Off After Downstate For-Profit Owners Began Paying Two of Three Owed…
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Statement of George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, on the new House Speaker:
Oct 25, 2023
“The selection of Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House—with unanimous Republican support—underscores how entirely out-of-step the…
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BREAKING: Nursing Home Workers To Begin Receiving More Than $80,000 Dollars in Owed Bonuses Thursday Calling Off Picket Outside Embattled Tonawanda Nursing Home
Oct 25, 2023
Informational Picket Set for Wednesday Is Now Called-Off. A Press Conference Will Be Held Friday If Caregivers Do Not Begin Receiving Their…
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Mercy Hospital Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Three-Year Contract
Oct 24, 2023
Caregivers Win 18% Wage Increases, Improvements in Health Insurance & Other Benefits

WEEKLY CLIPS

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“We All Stand Together”
May 2, 2018
On Tuesday, May 1, labor activists and immigrant support organizations staged rallies in New York City to commemorate May Day.
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Certified Nurse Aides Call For State to Set New Workload Guidelines
May 1, 2018
Certified nursing aides, or CNAs, and their supporters marched by the hundreds from the War Memorial to the State House calling for…
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New York's Disparate Democrats Unite to Celebrate Mayer's Victory
Apr 25, 2018
MAMARONECK — For a night, New York’s warring Democrats were united. At a party celebrating Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer’s victory in a…
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Democrats Take 13-4 Majority on Westchester Legislature
Apr 25, 2018
Democrat Terry Clements beat Republican Jim Freeman in Tuesday's special election for Westchester County legislature, giving Democrats a…
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Poor People's Campaign Creates New Movement Against Poverty
Apr 24, 2018
As people took the stage one by one in the packed fellowship hall to tell their stories or talk about the work they do around Rochester, it…
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Philanthropy for Big Labor
Apr 24, 2018
When does a charitable foundation grow big enough that its staff should decide to unionize? When it’s worth nearly $20 billion,…
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