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MIAMI----With COVID-19 surging in Florida, the state’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has outlined a variety protocols and demands to government officials designed protect caregivers and to prevent an even more dire public health crisis caused by the highly contagious coronavirus.
1199 is moving from its famed Manhattan headquarters on West 43rd St., but the building’s proud history lives on.
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I see the headlines on the News
I watch my family’s panicked faces
An illness coming for us all
Nondiscriminatory to our races
Traditionally, this time of year holds the promise of renewal. But right now, the United States is in the grips of a pandemic.
America’s spring will never be the same.
As this magazine goes to press, we are facing an unprecedented moment in modern history. Much of the world is engulfed in a pandemic,
with skyrocketing infection rates and more people falling ill every day.
When I started this column in late February ahead of the Super Tuesday primary elections there were still a half-dozen Democratic candidates. I wrote that no matter which candidate you preferred among those in the running or the 20 who had already dropped out, the most important thing all of us need to do this year is defeat Donald Trump in November. We have no higher priority in 2020.
Florida Healthcare Workers With 1199SEIU Union Reject Weakened COVID-19 Protections At HCA Hospitals
MIAMI---Nurses with Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have rejected new COVID-19 protocols from Hospital Corporation of America that weaken protections for caregivers against the highly contagious virus in HCA facilities around the state.