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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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Nursing home workers deserve and demand better
Nov 17, 2021
Every day of the last two years, nursing home heroes have put their personal fears about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside and gone to…
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Put patients over profits, healthcare workers statewide rally for nursing home reform
Mar 18, 2021
CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — Thousands of healthcare workers will call on the governor and state lawmakers to pass real nursing home reform.
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Maya Wiley Gets A Boost From Coveted Union Endorsement
Feb 19, 2021
Maya Wiley’s week may not have started well, just missing the threshold to qualify for public funds, but it’s ending with a bang: the…
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Maya Wiley Is Backed by N.Y.C.’s Largest Union, Lifting Her Bid for Mayor
Feb 19, 2021
The endorsement by Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union is a major win for Ms. Wiley. The union was a key early supporter…
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Why Trump must be impeached and removed
Jan 13, 2021
We are less than two weeks into 2021, and our nation is at a dangerous crossroads. The road behind us is littered with violent acts of…
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Exhorto a todos a que se vacunen
Dec 23, 2020
Soy un trabajador de la salud de primera línea y he visto los terribles efectos de esta pandemia de cerca, todos los días, durante nueve…
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