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May 14, 2020
WHAT: After several meetings and thousands of petition signatures were presented to Westchester Medical Center administrators, the…

May 12, 2020
FORT MYERS---Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has filed official complaints with federal and…

May 8, 2020
I am an orthopedic surgical nurse at University Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac, FL, and simply doing my job could be fatal. It’s not…

May 2, 2020
Miramar—In the midst of a widespread shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the state’s largest healthcare union has facilitated a…

May 1, 2020
MIAMI----Two months into the COVID-19 crisis and with the numbers of confirmed cases spiking in the state’s long-term care (LTC) facilities,…

Apr 29, 2020
Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has called on the state government to better protect nursing…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Apr 29, 2020
Montefiore Nyack Hospital on Wednesday celebrated the discharge of its 400th patient who has recovered from COVID-19 since the hospital…

Mar 30, 2020
Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn has turned into a coronavirus “war zone,” where at least 20 patients have died of…

Mar 18, 2020
As the U.S. combats the spread of the novel coronavirus, health care experts continue to debate how to best protect America’s protectors…

Mar 12, 2020
ALBANY ― Assembly Democrats have a five-year, $450 million plan to combat the state’s homeless crisis — and local governments would decide…

Mar 11, 2020
ALBANY – As Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo leads the state’s coronavirus response, state legislators are scrambling behind-the-scenes at the Capitol…

Sep 16, 2019
The GW Hospital violated labor laws by improperly withdrawing recognition of the labor union representing hospital workers, according to a…