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Ithaca, NY - More than 70 healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home in Ithaca, NY voted to authorize a strike. Healthcare workers have been working without a contract since May 1 all while short staffed. Over the last few months, workers have held rally and informational picket.

Every day of the last two years, nursing home heroes have put their personal fears about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic aside and gone to work to care for residents stricken by the deadly virus. Many of these dedicated workers lacked basic personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves and gowns. Many got sick. Some died.

More than 100 nursing home workers hit hard during COVID-19 and short staffing are fighting for fair wages and a union contract at two WNY and Rochester area facilities owned or operated by The Grand Healthcare System, CEO Jeremy B. Strauss.1 Nursing home workers at Buffalo Community Healthcare Center and Rochester Community Nursing & Rehabilitation are among the lowest paid caregivers in the Buffalo and Rochester area earning well below the average wage of workers at other area nursing homes. Healthcare workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Workers at Complete Care at Marcella nursing home will strike for 24 hours to protest unfair labor practices and massive cuts to the quality of their jobs which have left workers without access to affordable health insurance and other critical benefits.

Exclusive discounts and cultural events for 1199 members.

Corporate owners are refusing sufficient wages and health benefits to nursing home workers who are STILL risking their health and safety while caring for the frail and elderly during the worse pandemic in recent history; most have not received a raise since 2018.

Nadine Clerge-Remy, Kellee Grungo, Damian Rivera, and Sarah Stallings are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East who work at Complete Care at Marcella in Burlington Township, NJ.

November is American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month, and in celebration, please meet member Mary Watai-Navas, a Patient Access Representative at Capital Region Medical Center in Largo, Maryland.