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  • June 28, 2012


The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Affordable Care Act as constitutional, expanding care to 32 million Americans, protecting consumers from a range of insurance company abuses, creating competitive marketplaces in states for individuals to purchase lower-cost insurance, and improving the quality of health care.

Hospitals

Women & Infants’ Hospital Workers Picket for Safe Staffing

  • April 14, 2012

Afternoon rain couldn’t dampen the spirits of picketers at Women & Infants Hospital – where over 400 nurses, CNAs, technical, clerical, and service & maintenance workers marched and chanted throughout

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Genesis Workers Ratify New Contracts, as Greenville RNs Win Unionization Court Case

  • April 13, 2012

This week, workers at two nursing homes owned by the Genesis Healthcare Corporation in Rhode Island voted to approve new collective bargaining agreements. Workers at Genesis Skilled Nursing & Rehab in Greenville

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Community Programs

RI Members Testify on the Impact of Budget Cuts to the Developmentally Disabled

  • April 3, 2012

At a recent hearing at the RI State House, several 1199 members from the Blackstone Valley ARC — along with a few of our consumers — testified about the devastating

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Nursing Homes

RI Genesis Nursing Home Workers Reject Owners’ Unaffordable Health Care Plan; Picket Two Facilities

  • March 21, 2012

Nurses, CNAs, and other workers from two Rhode Island nursing homes owned by Genesis HealthCare Corporation are outraged over a demand from management that they pay thousands of dollars more

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Community Programs

Valentine’s Day Message to RI Elected Officials: Have a Heart!

  • February 18, 2012

On Valentine’s Day, 1199 members from the Blackstone Valley ARC joined with advocates, family members, and allies of the developmentally disabled to call on the RI General Assembly to “Have

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Community Programs

Pawtucket & Central Falls 1199 Members Fight for a Fair State Budget

  • February 9, 2012

Nearly 50 members of 1199 who live and work in the Pawtucket and Central Falls area gathered at a forum last night to describe the harmful impact that budget cuts

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Connecticut

1199 Celebrates the Life and Legacy of MLK

  • January 11, 2012

As many of our members already know, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. often called District 1199 “my favorite union.”  The special relationship between Dr. King and our union began in

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Community Programs

Fighting for Fair Funding for the Developmentally Disabled

  • December 16, 2011

On Thursday, December 15th, dozens of 1199 members from the ARC of Blackstone Valley — along with allies from other unions and advocates for the developmentally disabled — held a

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Nursing Homes

Genesis: Be Fair to Those Who Care

  • December 13, 2011

Dozens of nursing home workers – from nurses to CNAs and Housekeepers – who work for Genesis HealthCare in Greenville held a spirited picket line in the rain on Wednesday,

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