Workers at Pinecrest Convalescent Home have approved a new contract. It’s a good deal that includes higher minimum wages and annual pay raises for certified nursing assistants, dietary aides, housekeepers and the other hardworking employees at the facility.
Bill Pigford came of age in Laurel, Mississippi, in the early 1960s at the height of the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr Martin Luther King.
Today we welcome the clerical workers at Vassar Nuvance Medical Practice into the 1199SEIU family. They will join their service worker colleagues at the hospital, where they have already negotiated some of the best pay and benefits in New York State.
Tallahassee was awash in the power of purple as dozens of 1199SEIU members made their voices heard for seniors and their caregivers on Senior Day actions throughout the Florida State Capitol.
Caravans of workers came from Tampa Bay, Central and South Florida in a show of strength to lawmakers, news media, and community partners dedicated to better serving nursing home patients and staff.
As we look back on 2019, we’re proud and excited by what 1199SEIU members accomplished when we got active and engaged. Standing together, we fought for what’s right for our families and our communities,delivering numerous electoral victories across the state.
1199ers from the Bronx travelled to Albany to explain the priorities for their communities to their elected representatives.
Background: In December, when The Lutheran Care Network (TLCN), owners of Good Samaritan & Kenwood Manor in Delmar filed for bankruptcy, they asked the court to gut the workers’ collective bargaining agreement as a condition of purchase.
NYS Office of Mental Health’s (OMH) Commissioner Dr. Ann Marie Sullivan has not approved any closure plans for TLC Lakeshore Hospital in Irving yet administrators at the hospital abruptly closed the doors on Sunday, February 2nd!
Albany, NY It’s been three weeks since the healthcare workers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and Kenwood Manor in Delmar, NY (members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East) withdrew their notice to strike.
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