Former Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home Owner Goes to Jail
Aug. 30, 2010
Helen Sieger, the former owner and operator of Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home in the Bronx, where two hundred 1199 SEIU members held a strike for seven months in 2008, is facing grand larceny charges for allegedly bribing a hospital official in exchange for referrals to her nursing home.
MA Caregivers Fight Back to Save Their Nursing Home and Their Jobs
Jul. 14, 2010
Caregivers at Northampton Nursing Home in Northampton, MA came together on July 9 to fight management’s attempt to illegally oust workers and jeopardize care at the home.
Capital Region Nursing Home Workers Win Their Contract
Jul. 09, 2010
It wasn’t easy, but more than a hundred 1199SEIU members at Guilderland Center Nursing Home in New York’s Capital Region have a new contract. The settlement not only maintains the workers’ current healthcare benefits, but also the employer agreed to the necessary increases that will keep the 1199 Upstate Pension Fund secure.
Workers at Massachusetts Nursing Home Celebrate Union Victory!
Jul. 09, 2010
Nursing home workers at Avery Manor in Neeham, MA, made their voices heard on June 24 by voting 54 – 23 to unite together in 1199SEIU. Workers faced a difficult organizing campaign during their quest to join the union, but they perservered against management’s usual threats and scare tactics.
Western NY Nursing Facilities Reach Contract Settlement
May. 24, 2010
Eight hundred nursing home workers at four McGuire facilities in western New York--Autumnview Manor, Garden Gate Manor, North Gate Manor, and Seneca Manor--overwhelmingly ratified new a labor agreement at votes at each of the homes last past week. The contract is a four-year agreement with a full economic reopener in two years.
Western NY Nursing Home Workers Win New Contract With Job Security
May. 19, 2010
In Buffalo, NY, 1199SEIU nursing home workers at Odd Fellow and Rebekah Nursing Home ratified a new labor agreement on May 18. The contract is a four-year agreement with a full economic reopener in December 2011.
Ten Years Later, Locked-Out CT Nursing Home Workers Win $2.5 Million in Back Pay
May. 19, 2010
After a decade of legal battles and personal struggle, union healthcare workers who were locked out at Avery Heights Nursing Home and Assisted Living in Hartford, Connecticut have received $2.55 million back pay with interest. Nurses' aides, housekeepers, kitchen staff and drivers who are members of District 1199, New England Health Care Employees Union went on strike in November 1999.
Workers at The Cloisters Adult Residential Care Facility in Warsaw, NY, have ratified a new labor agreement. Improvements were made to contract language such as the grievance procedure, union orientation, notification of approval of requested time off and the list of employees willing to be called in. Workers will receive a $0.20 hourly wage increase pending ratification, with full economic reopeners in 2011 and 2012.
1199ers, Community Rally to Support Hudson Valley Caregivers
May. 06, 2010
As a result of the perseverance of dozens of workers who courageously fought to have a union, and the collective efforts of 1199SEIU members, community activists and elected officials in New York’s Dutchess County, 215 caregivers at The Pines Nursing Home in Poughkeepsie are now members of 1199SEIU.
Bronx Nursing Home Workers Secure Health, Pension Benefits in New Contract
Apr. 19, 2010
Providence Rest Nursing Home workers in the Bronx have successfully renegotiated their current contract, in order to protect their health and pension benefits. The agreement mirrors the one that tens of thousands of members who work in New York’s 1199SEIU voluntary hospitals have. That contract preserves the members’ world-class comprehensive healthcare benefits with no out-of-pocket expenses, and stabilizes the 1199 Pension Fund through April 2015.
