Labor union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East this year began negotiating new labor contracts for about 4,000 workers across 27 nursing homes in Western New York. One agreement has been nailed down; there are 26 more to go.
05/28/2025
05/28/2025
Employees at five Western New York nursing homes returned to work Tuesday after a week-long strike, and they returned without a deal.
A week-long strike at five local long-term care facilities has come to an end Tuesday without workers securing a new contract.
Local nursing home workers who went on a seven-day strike returned to work Tuesday without an agreement from two Niagara County employers.
05/27/2025
Workers at five nursing home facilities in Western New York have been on strike for a week, demanding improved staffing, wages, and benefits.
As they seek a new contract, employees of several local nursing homes spent this Memorial Day weekend on the picket line.
Workers at five nursing home facilities in Western New York have been on strike, demanding improved staffing, wages, and benefits.
05/21/2025
Samantha Metz, a certified nurse’s aide at Absolut Care was on the picket line Tuesday by Gasport Road, along with nearly 30 of her coworkers from the 1199SEIU.
“I came here to be closer to my daughter’s school,” Metz said of her job. “Most of my money comes from overtime.”
Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace and its employees announced they reached a new three-year contract this past week, averting a planned strike.
Union members at five Western New York nursing homes went on strike Tuesday morning, a week after giving the seven days’ required notice that a labor action was imminent.
Workers without contracts at five nursing homes in Western New York have gone on a seven-day unfair labor practice strike after failing to reach a deal for a new contract Monday night.
While two tentative deals were reached in the final hours, approximately 1,000 workers across five Western New York for-profit nursing homes are now on strike. According to 1199SEIU, workers are protesting unfair labor practices with a seven-day strike.
Hundreds of nursing home workers across Western New York traded their scrubs for picket signs as workers began a week-long strike beginning Tuesday at 6 a.m.
Employees at five long-term care facilities are on strike across Western New York. They are members of 1199 SEIU, and they’re in the middle of negotiating a new contract with the McGuire Group. They started a week-long strike at Garden Gate Manor in Cheektowaga and four other facilities on Tuesday.
Staff members are now on strike at five Western New York nursing homes.
05/19/2025
1199SEIU says that two more local nursing homes have reached a tentative agreement, averting a strike.
Workers at 11 WNY nursing homes will go on strike if new deals aren’t reached by Tuesday, May 20th
05/14/2025
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month. The workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will go on strike starting at 6 a.m. on May 20.
A strike only about a week away, nursing home workers on Monday evening expressed frustration that they may have to walk off the job to get the pay, benefits and staffing conditions necessary to care for residents.
Heather Benns, a licensed practical nurse at Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in the Town of Tonawanda, talks about a strike that could start May 20
The nurses say they haven’t made enough progress in contract negotiations with various management groups.
Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached.
Workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace nursing home in Lewiston reached a tentative agreement on a 3-year contract with the St. Louis-based company late Tuesday night according to 1199SEIU, the union representing local nursing home workers.
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month.
Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston agrees to a 3-year deal, averting strike planned by nursing home workers.
Nursing home workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement with their employer on Tuesday night, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced.
05/14/2025
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month. The workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will go on strike starting at 6 a.m. on May 20.
A strike only about a week away, nursing home workers on Monday evening expressed frustration that they may have to walk off the job to get the pay, benefits and staffing conditions necessary to care for residents.
Heather Benns, a licensed practical nurse at Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in the Town of Tonawanda, talks about a strike that could start May 20
The nurses say they haven’t made enough progress in contract negotiations with various management groups.
Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached.
Workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace nursing home in Lewiston reached a tentative agreement on a 3-year contract with the St. Louis-based company late Tuesday night according to 1199SEIU, the union representing local nursing home workers.
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month.
Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston agrees to a 3-year deal, averting strike planned by nursing home workers.
Nursing home workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement with their employer on Tuesday night, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced.
05/14/2025
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month. The workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will go on strike starting at 6 a.m. on May 20.
A strike only about a week away, nursing home workers on Monday evening expressed frustration that they may have to walk off the job to get the pay, benefits and staffing conditions necessary to care for residents.
Heather Benns, a licensed practical nurse at Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in the Town of Tonawanda, talks about a strike that could start May 20
The nurses say they haven’t made enough progress in contract negotiations with various management groups.
Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached.
Workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace nursing home in Lewiston reached a tentative agreement on a 3-year contract with the St. Louis-based company late Tuesday night according to 1199SEIU, the union representing local nursing home workers.
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month.
Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston agrees to a 3-year deal, averting strike planned by nursing home workers.
Nursing home workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement with their employer on Tuesday night, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced.
05/14/2025
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month. The workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will go on strike starting at 6 a.m. on May 20.
A strike only about a week away, nursing home workers on Monday evening expressed frustration that they may have to walk off the job to get the pay, benefits and staffing conditions necessary to care for residents.
Heather Benns, a licensed practical nurse at Safire Rehabilitation of Northtowns in the Town of Tonawanda, talks about a strike that could start May 20
The nurses say they haven’t made enough progress in contract negotiations with various management groups.
Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached.
Workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace nursing home in Lewiston reached a tentative agreement on a 3-year contract with the St. Louis-based company late Tuesday night according to 1199SEIU, the union representing local nursing home workers.
Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month.
Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston agrees to a 3-year deal, averting strike planned by nursing home workers.
Nursing home workers at Ascension Living Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston reached a tentative three-year agreement with their employer on Tuesday night, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced.
05/10/2025
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East issued a 10-day notice on Friday afternoon of a week-long strike at 15 nursing facilities throughout Western New York if a new labor deal cannot be reached.
After several months at the negotiating table, unionized workers at fifteen Western New York nursing facilities have voted to walk off the job on May 20 if they and nursing home owners can’t come to terms on a new contract.
15 Western New York nursing homes hit with 10-day notices of strike
More than 2,500 caregivers at 15 nursing homes across Western New York say they’re preparing to strike for seven days beginning Tuesday, May 20, if contract negotiations don’t move forward.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East issued a 10-day notice on Friday afternoon of a week-long strike at 15 nursing facilities throughout Western New York if a new labor deal cannot be reached.
The strike authorization comes after several weeks of informational picketing at 22 nursing facilities across the region.
05/01/2025
Labor union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East this year began negotiating new labor contracts for about 4,000 workers across 27 nursing homes in Western New York. One agreement has been nailed down; there are 26 more to go.
A strike at one nursing home possibly averted, but 26 others still hang in the balance.
Nursing home workers at Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls, who are represented by 1199SEIU, reached a three-year agreement with management, the union announced Tuesday.
News conference: Nursing home workers at Schoellkopf Health Center reach tentative agreement
NY facility union workers hail 28% wage hike pact.
On the day most of its local labor contracts expired, the union representing nursing home workers finally reached an agreement with a local nursing home. The United Healthcare Workers East, or 1199SEIU and Schoellkopf Health Center within the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center campus announced Wednesday a three-year agreement has been reached.
On the day most of its local labor contracts expired, the union representing nursing home workers finally reached an agreement with a local nursing home. The United Healthcare Workers East, or 1199SEIU and Schoellkopf Health Center within the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center campus announced Wednesday a three-year agreement has been reached.
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.