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Statement from Roxey Nelson of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East On South Florida Nursing School Scam
Jan 31, 2023
“As an organization of healthcare workers dedicated to providing the very best care to our patients, our members are deeply disturbed by the…
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1199SEIU To Hold 42nd Annual MLK Celebration at Strong Memorial Hospital Tomorrow
Jan 15, 2023
1199SEIU workers will join alongside community groups, activists, and performers to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King,…
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1199SEIU Statement on NYSNA Strike and Path to Resolution
Jan 9, 2023
Today, 1199SEIU healthcare workers of every stripe—in hospitals and nursing homes, home care, pharmacies, community health clinics and every…
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1199SEIU Calls on NY Hospitals to Settle Contracts With NYSNA
Jan 6, 2023
“We congratulate NYSNA for the groundbreaking tentative agreements they have achieved at many New York hospitals, and we call on the holdout…
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Nursing Home Workers Picket Outside the Pearl Nursing Center in Rochester in Demand For Fair Contract
Dec 23, 2022
Rochester, NY – Yesterday, 1199SEIU members at The Pearl Nursing Center on Portland Avenue held an informational picket to call attention to…
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Clinic Workers at Alba de Vida & Safepoint Lighthouse Unanimously Vote To Ratify First Union Contract
Dec 20, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Last month, union workers at Promesa’s Alba de Vida clinic participated in Labor Management Meetings to address safety…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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How Lobbying Works in NYC
Mar 11, 2019
Influencing the way politicians vote is a big business. Last year alone, clients in New York City spent a total $102.6 million to help your…
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Nearly $1 Billion Cut to Medicaid Could Result in Job Losses, Closures, Cuts to Care
Mar 8, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — Healthcare workers met with local elected officials Friday to warn of the consequences of Medicaid cuts proposed for…
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Immigrants are suffering, need health care now
Feb 27, 2019
This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old…
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Public Advocate: Jumaane Williams Wins Special Election in New York City
Feb 27, 2019
Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory…
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Many warned a Supreme Court ruling would cripple unions. NY's remain strong
Feb 22, 2019
ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was a…
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This is How We Get Terrible Health Care
Jan 31, 2019
Now that the presidential race has started (God help us), candidates have started discussing policies — and because the health care system…
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