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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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Labor Leaders and Activists Turn Out for Immigrants
Jul 5, 2018
Whether it was Lower Manhattan or in Los Angeles, labor leaders and activists took to the streets to protest the White House’s immigration…
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Bronx Street Co-named to Honor Union Leader's Late Wife
Jul 5, 2018
Dozens of educators and members of 1199 SEIU gathered Sunday afternoon with Bronx Council Member Andy King and 1199 SEIU President George…
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AFT President Weingarten Blasts Trump and DeVos for Labor /Education Merger Proposal
Jun 28, 2018
Something the Republicans have wanted to do since the Clinton administration might come to fruition under Trump. It’s made American…
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Supreme Court Decision Could Hurt State's Health Care Unions
Jun 28, 2018
A U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday prohibiting public-sector unions from charging nonmembers "fair share" fees for representing the…
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Emerald South Nursing Home Rallies for Change
Jun 28, 2018
Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW) - A rally was held Thursday on the front lawn of the Emerald South nursing and rehabilitation center on Delaware…
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5 Takeaways From Maryland's 2018 Primary Election
Jun 27, 2018
Elections can be chaotic affairs. The fliers. The endorsements. The problems at the polls. At the end of the night, what have we actually…
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