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URMC Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify Three-Year Ground-Breaking Contract Averting Second Longer Strike
Dec 29, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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Dec 26, 2023
Union workers at URMC joined a growing national movement of workplace strikes to demand living wages and quality comprehensive benefits to…
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Dec 21, 2023
Strike authorization vote set for tomorrow postponed, Union members will vote on agreement next week
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Dec 18, 2023
NEW YORK: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East today announced its support for key City Council bills, sponsored by the Public Advocate,…
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Dec 15, 2023
The Executive Council of 1199SEIU, the highest elected body of the union, releases the following statement:
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Dec 14, 2023
More than 1,200 Union Workers walked at strike at the largest private sector employer in Upstate New York to demand a living wage and…
WEEKLY CLIPS
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Nov 28, 2018
QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside…
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Nov 27, 2018
A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January.
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Nov 13, 2018
The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and…
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Oct 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the…
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Oct 16, 2018
Health care employment in the state increased by more than 18% in the past 10 years, more than double the growth rate of overall employment,…
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Oct 15, 2018
The CMS is looking to increase its oversight of post-acute care settings through new civil money penalties on nursing home staff and a new…