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URMC Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify Three-Year Ground-Breaking Contract Averting Second Longer Strike
Dec 29, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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URMC Workers To Vote On 3-Year Tentative Agreement Tomorrow, Postponing Second Strike Vote
Dec 26, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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BREAKING: URMC Workers Reach Tentative Agreement on Union Contract Following Historic 17-Hour Strike Last Week
Dec 21, 2023
Strike authorization vote set for tomorrow postponed, Union members will vote on agreement next week
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1199SEIU Endorses Solitary Confinement Ban, Policing Transparency Bills
Dec 18, 2023
NEW YORK: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East today announced its support for key City Council bills, sponsored by the Public Advocate,…
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1199SEIU, nation’s largest healthcare union, calls for Gaza ceasefire
Dec 15, 2023
The Executive Council of 1199SEIU, the highest elected body of the union, releases the following statement:
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Union Patient Caregivers & Service Workers Return to Work Following Historic 17-Hour Strike Yesterday
Dec 14, 2023
More than 1,200 Union Workers walked at strike at the largest private sector employer in Upstate New York to demand a living wage and…

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Contract between Kaleida Health and its three unions expires
Jun 22, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Kaleida Health and its three unions could not come to an agreement on a new contract covering thousands of employees,…
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1199SEIU Strongly Rejects Modified Nursing Home Staffing Bill A382, Assails No-Notice Committee Vote
Jun 19, 2019
1199SEIU Strongly Rejects Modified Nursing Home Staffing Bill A382, Assails No-Notice Committee Vote
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Healthcare workers often care for patients while ill
Jun 18, 2019
Large numbers of healthcare workers risk transmitting respiratory viruses to patients and co-workers by attending work even when they have…
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‘Green Light NY’ bill passes New York State Assembly
Jun 17, 2019
A bill that would permit undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses passed in the State Assembly Wednesday.
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Brooklyn Lawmakers Hold Speak Out On Healthcare & Soaring Costs of Prescription Drugs
Jun 17, 2019
It seems like getting sick will cost you an arm and a leg, literally. The on-going Healthcare and prescription drug catastrophe is a…
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Advocates lobby LI state lawmakers to support legalization of marijuana
Jun 11, 2019
Community advocates, medical professionals and labor leaders Monday urged Long Island’s state Senate delegation to support a bill legalizing…
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