FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: April Ezzell, 1199SEIU Communications, (716) 449-1620

An Informational Picket Scheduled for Friday is Postponed

More than three hundred Nursing Home workers at Centers Health Care facilities in Buffalo and Corning went back to the bargaining table with their employer late this afternoon and have reached a Tentative Agreement. An informational picket scheduled for tomorrow at Buffalo Center, Ellicott Center, and Corning Center is postponed.

A ratification vote for union members at each site will be held soon.

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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. We represent over 400,000 nurses and caregivers throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Our mission is to achieve quality care and good jobs for all.