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Patient Caregivers & Student Service Workers Hold Strike Authorization Vote Tuesday As Labor Tensions Escalate With Largest Private Sector Employer in State, URMC In Demand For Living Wages, Improved Staffing, And Quality Benefits To Lift Some Low Wage Earners Out of Poverty
Nov 20, 2023
Negotiations end abruptly today as NYS Senator Brouk urges leaders to avoid strike.
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1199SEIU Caregivers, Lawmakers including Chuck Schumer & Employers Call Attention to Worker Shortages in Healthcare
Nov 20, 2023
National Apprenticeship Week Highlights Critical Need
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1199SEIU on One Brooklyn Health’s CEO Announcement
Nov 20, 2023
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the Board of Trustees of One…
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Caregivers & Service Workers To Picket New York's Sixth Largest Employer, URMC Today In Demand For Living Wages & Quality Benefits
Nov 13, 2023
Contract covering 1,800+ union workers expired last month escalating labor tensions at sixth largest employer in the state.
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Caregivers & Service Workers To Picket New York's Sixth Largest Employer, URMC On Monday 11/13 In Demand For Living Wages & Quality Benefits
Nov 10, 2023
Contract covering 1,800+ union workers expired last month escalating labor tensions at sixth largest employer in the state.
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Statement from Roxey Nelson of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East On Ohio, Florida Ballot Initiatives Protecting Women’s Reproductive Rights
Nov 8, 2023
“Our union of Florida healthcare workers are very proud of Ohio voters who have protected women’s reproductive rights and told partisan…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Inside the Stealth Campaign for ‘Responsible Rent Reform’
Jun 10, 2019
Landlords and developers, fending off a new Democratic majority and proposed rent laws, have adopted some of the tactics of their…
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NY labor leaders putting pressure on state lawmakers in fight of rent reform
May 13, 2019
ALBANY — Labor leaders are turning their political muscle toward the fight for rent reform.
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Hospitals in the Council’s crosshairs: A green buildings bill would hobble the city’s health-care institutions
Apr 9, 2019
The City Council is moving quickly to pass a “green buildings” bill that would dramatically reduce the carbon emissions of every building in…
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Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas
Mar 28, 2019
A federal judge in Washington threw a significant roadblock into the Trump administration’s efforts to compel poor people on Medicaid to…
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Black Patients Miss Out On Promising Cancer Drugs
Mar 27, 2019
It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing…
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Legal Weed in N.J. Failed. But Murphy Says He Will Soon Expand Medical Marijuana to as Many as 200K Patients.
Mar 26, 2019
Only hours after after a bill that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey was shelved over a lack of support, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday…
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