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Lockport, NY - More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
WHY: More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
WHY: More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
Frontline workers seek union recognition to boost recruitment and retention efforts
Join us for an evening of celebration and activism as we hear from our Members and Special Guest Speakers: Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center; and Stewart Kwoh, Founder and President Emeritus of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles. Let’s continue to draw attention to our struggles, while committing to work to uplift our communities and forge cross-racial solidarity!
We are all feeling tremendous sorrow following the mass shooting at our Jefferson Avenue Tops Supermarket on Saturday. We mourn for the victims lost in this act of racist violence and our hearts go out to our UFCW union family working in the store the day of this horrific tragedy.
1199SEIU is appalled and heartbroken by the mass shooting today at a supermarket in Buffalo. Our hearts go out to our UFCW union family and all those impacted by this senseless act.
Rochester, NY – More than 50 union Healthcare Workers at Anthony Jordan Health Care Center in Rochester voted to ratify a 2-year agreement with their employer this week following months of negotiations. Caregivers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
More than 70 nursing home workers hit hard during COVID-19 and critical short staffing are fighting for fair wages and a union contract. The 1-year contract extension for Service & Maintenance workers expired October 31, 2021 and the Licensed Practical Nurse contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Williamsville are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and have been bargaining with management for a new labor contract since early October of last year.