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Looming Crisis at Cold Spring Hills Nursing Home: Workers, Elected Officials to Hold Press Conference
Aug 29, 2023
Elected officials to hold press conference to call on the NYS Department of Health to urgently use its power to appoint a temporary receiver…
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Statement from 1199SEIU’s Roxey Nelson on Jacksonville murders
Aug 28, 2023
“Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East deeply mourn for the victims and families of the latest race-based murders carried out…
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Largest Healthcare Workers Union in New York Begins Contract Talks With Strong Memorial Hospital & University of Rochester This Week
Aug 22, 2023
After being in place for the past two years, the collective bargaining agreement covering more than 1,800 service workers at Strong Memorial…
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DAY OF COMMUNITY ACTION: Elected Officials, Community Activists and Labor Allies Will Join Picketing Caregivers At Cold Springs Hills Nursing Home On Wednesday
Aug 8, 2023
County and state elected officials, labor union leaders and community members will join the picket line to support nursing home workers,…
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Nursing Home Workers To Picket The Pines At Poughkeepsie, Calling For Improved Staffing & Better Retirement Benefits
Aug 8, 2023
Caregivers at The Pines at Poughkeepsie are picketing to call on their employer to agree to a fair contract that will enhance jobs and…
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Statement of Rhina Molina, Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU, on the passing of Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver:
Aug 1, 2023
The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU deeply mourn the passing of our beloved lieutenant governor, Sheila Oliver.

WEEKLY CLIPS

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Florida coronavirus: 52 hospitals max out ICU capacity as cases increase
Jul 10, 2020
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A total of 52 Florida hospitals had no available intensive care unit beds on Friday – including six facilities in…
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Labor demands police reform — and in the process, confronts its troubled past
Jun 14, 2020
All it took to awaken our nation to the racism that has been the bedrock of law enforcement since slavery was a once-in-a-century pandemic…
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Healthcare workers on Staten Island take knee in solidarity with victims of police brutality
Jun 11, 2020
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) workers in Ocean Breeze on Thursday took a knee inside the entrance of the…
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As demonstrations for equal justice take new forms, some results start to emerge
Jun 11, 2020
As protests near the end of another week, the quest for equal justice is taking on new forms — and getting some results.
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Health care workers protest in support of Black Lives Matter movement
Jun 11, 2020
Health care workers joined together Thursday to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement and speak out against racism.
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Kaleida Health facilities take part in silent Vigil for Black Lives
Jun 11, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some members of the healthcare community in Western New York came together today to stand up for victims of racial…
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