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Outside Yankee Stadium and in the Air, Healthcare Workers Will Protest Gov. Hochul’s Budget at High-Dollar Fundraiser
May 2, 2023
Bronx, NY—Low-income communities like the Bronx will be harmed by Gov. Hochul’s healthcare budget, workers and advocates say, as she hosts a…
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TODAY: Local Leaders, NY Senate & Assemblymembers join Healthcare Workers, Labor Unions, Healthcare Employers for statewide call to action on budget that addresses the critical healthcare needs of New Yorkers
Apr 28, 2023
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are…
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Local Leaders, NY Senate & Assemblymembers join Healthcare Workers, Labor Unions, Healthcare Employers for statewide call to action on budget that addresses the critical healthcare needs of New Yorkers
Apr 27, 2023
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are…
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Major Upstate Mayors Urge Governor Hochul to Invest in Healthcare in State Budget
Apr 26, 2023
Buffalo, NY – Healthcare workers, providers, and consumers continue to lobby elected leaders for increases to healthcare funding in the late…
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Historic Agreement: 1199SEIU Members In NY’s Hudson Valley Have Ratified A Contract After More Than A Year of Tense Negotiations With Connecticut-Based Nuvance Health
Apr 26, 2023
More than 1,500 members of 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare union, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract that will improve…
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1199SEIU President George Gresham’s Statement on the Passing of Harry Belafonte
Apr 25, 2023
Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham, on the passing of Harry Belafonte:

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Home care aides: unsung, underpaid, indispensable
Sep 8, 2020
She does it willingly, a responsibility she sees as vitally important, and it is worth a moment on a holiday meant to honor working people…
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"We are in jeopardy every day we go into work:" Nursing home employees protest dangerous work conditions
Sep 4, 2020
MAITLAND, Fla. – Employees of Florida’s largest nursing home company are protesting dangerous work conditions a day after Gov. Ron DeSantis…
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Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many Deaths
Aug 22, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them -- the last gasps of 17 men and women…
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Nursing Homes to Get 7 Million N95 Masks From Federal Stockpile
Aug 17, 2020
Nursing homes across the U.S. will receive a total of 7 million N95 respirators from the federal stockpile, a White House spokesperson told…
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Florida's care workers battle to protect the elderly
Aug 17, 2020
No place seems safe for Elonda English, not even her car.
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Advocates Apply Pressure on Jones and Ferguson to Reconvene
Jul 28, 2020
Advocates from across the state penned a letter to Maryland House and Senate leaders Monday, imploring them to convene a special session to…
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