04/16/2025
04/16/2025
Union workers at a local nursing home are in the middle of talks over a new contract, and they want to see better working conditions. 1199SEIU held an informational picket Wednesday afternoon at the Dunkirk Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility as part of a coordinated campaign involving 27 nursing homes across Western New York.
A nursing home workers’ union will picket facilities in Dunkirk and Gowanda on Wednesday to highlight various issues.
Nursing home workers at six Niagara and Erie County facilities are holding informational pickets this month, demanding action on staffing shortages and stalled contract talks. Nursing home workers at six Niagara and Erie County facilities are holding informational pickets this month, demanding action on staffing shortages and stalled contract talks.
Healthcare workers and union members stood outside Elderwood at Lockport Monday, holding signs, chanting and calling attention to what they describe as unfair wages, short staffing and stalled contract talks.
A woman who says care for her mother has gone downhill at Elderwood at Lockport was among multiple people picketing Monday to call for better wages in order to recruit and maintain staffing at the nursing facility.
A woman who says care for her mother has gone downhill at Elderwood at Lockport was among multiple people picketing Monday to call for better wages in order to recruit and maintain staffing at the nursing facility.
Long-term care and homecare members of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are prepared to strike if their employers do not satisfactorily address their requests.
Unionized nursing home workers have started negotiating new contracts with 27 nursing homes across Western New York, including five in Niagara County.
Unionized nursing home workers have started negotiating new contracts with 27 nursing homes across Western New York, including five in Niagara County.
Nearly 4,000 Nursing Home Workers – who are represented by the largest Health Care Workers Union in the U.S., 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers East, and are employed at 27 long-term care facilities in four counties of Western New York – have begun negotiations on new contracts.