Statement of Milly Silva, Executive Vice President, on Supreme Court DAPA/DACA decision

Upstate, NY – Nearly 8,000 hospital workers at Kaleida Health are set to begin voting on a 3-year agreement next week. Just two hours before a strike authorization vote was set to begin earlier this month, unionized Hospital workers at Upstate Western New York’s largest private sector employer reached a 3-year tentative agreement, canceling their strike authorization vote.

Upstate, NY – About two dozen union healthcare workers at Catholic Health’s St. Joseph’s Campus, unanimously voted to ratify a 4-year labor deal today. Workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare workers union in the country.

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah named new Mass. HHS Secretary

2025-2028 Union Contract with Kaleida Health

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.”