Upstate, NY – Just two hours before a strike authorization vote was set to begin, unionized Hospital workers at Upstate Western New York’s largest private sector employer reached a 3-year tentative agreement. The tentative agreement with Kaleida Health cancels the strike authorization vote that was set to begin in just hours.
Upstate, NY – Union nursing home workers at Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare overwhelmingly voted to ratify a 3-year contract late Friday. The new labor contract
comes after caregivers were ready to hit the picket lines to fight for improved staffing levels, quality health insurance, and competitive wages to help retain and recruit more caregivers.
Nursing home workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare workers union in the country.
Yvonne Armstrong, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, issued the following statement on today’s House vote:
“We are Being Short-Changed by Unlimited Care!”
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East today announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill for Governor of New Jersey. The union represents some 8,000 nursing home, hospital, and pharmacy workers throughout New Jersey and 450,000 caregivers on the East Coast.
“By passing a budget that cuts over $1 trillion in healthcare funding, Republicans would be condemning tens of thousands of vulnerable Americans to death each year. It is hard to imagine a more egregious exchange—taking healthcare from vulnerable children, seniors, and working families to give billionaires extravagant tax cuts. The Senate bill is an appalling testament to moral cowardice and greed while breaking every promise that Republicans made to protect Medicaid. The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU call on the House of Representatives to vote this budget down and restore the healthcare funding that millions of Americans rely on.”
The clerical, paralegal and social work staff of Legal Aid, members of 1199SEIU, issued the following statement in support of UAW Local 2325 Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (“ALAA”) in their fight to achieve a fair and equitable contract. Late yesterday, 91% of UAW Local 2325 members voted to authorize a strike.
Labor Contract Covering Nearly 8,000 Hospital Workers Is Now Set To Expire Friday, July 4 At 11:59 PM With A Strike Authorization Vote Just Days Away
Labor contract covering nearly 8,000 hospital workers is set to expire Friday at 11:59 PM as a strike authorization vote and Congressional cuts to Medicaid Coverage Looms
As Hospital workers agree to third contract extension, talks over key economic issues will continue through Friday