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+50 Workers, Consumers, & Legislators Demand State Stop Multibillion Dollar Giveaway to Private Insurers
Feb 1, 2024
Speakers called on Governor Hochul to end hugely wasteful program that diverts billions in taxpayer money meant for vulnerable New Yorkers…
Local Hospital & Nursing Home Workers Join Statewide Effort in Albany Demanding Full Funding for New Yorkers Covered by Medicaid Health Insurance Program
Jan 24, 2024
Local Healthcare workers traveled to Albany to yesterday to lobby WNY Senate & Assemblymembers in demand for full funding to Medicaid Health…
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1199SEIU Files Two Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Orleans Community Health
Jan 18, 2024
Union files charges with National Labor Relations Board alleging the employer violated labor law by bargaining in bad faith and…
1199SEIU/GNYHA Response to Governor Hochul’s Proposed State Budget
Jan 16, 2024
In her State of the State address on January 9, Governor Hochul noted that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in…
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1199SEIU To Hold 43rd Annual MLK Celebration at University of Rochester Medical Center Monday at 11AM
Jan 15, 2024
Program will celebrate Dr. King’s work in the labor movement and commitment to workers’ rights through music, poetry, and dance with keynote…
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Union Healthcare Workers at Orleans Community Health Sites in Medina, Batavia, and Albion Vote To Authorize Informational Picket
Jan 12, 2024
Hospital and clinic caregivers are fighting for living wages and quality benefits to help retain and recruit more staff to care for patients…

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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