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NYS Legislature Passes Safe Staffing Bill!
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NYS Legislature Passes Safe Staffing Bill!

The Communications Workers of America District 1, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and the New York State Nurses Association held a joint virtual press conference today applauding the State Senate and Assembly for passing safe staffing legislation that would establish a process for setting and enforcing safe staffing minimum standards at every hospital and nursing home.

NYS Legislature Passes Safe Staffing Bill!

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Phone Bank to Help Get the PRO Act Passed
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Phone Bank to Help Get the PRO Act Passed

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is historic legislation that will help put power in the hands of workers and reverse decades of legislation meant to crush unions. Passing the PRO Act would help make our economy work for everyone by making it easier to join unions, protecting strikes and other protest activity, dealing a blow to “right-to-work” laws, and a lot more.

Phone Bank to Help Get the PRO Act Passed

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NYS Budget: A Victory for Working Families
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NYS Budget: A Victory for Working Families

Thanks to all our members who sent emails and made phone calls. We helped make this happen! “This is a historic budget that will help our state rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic. I thank our members and legislators who have fought for such a historic agreement, which raises new revenue, funds education, creates a fund for excluded workers, sends billions in rental, homeowner and small business relief to struggling New Yorkers, and establishes universal Pre-K for all New Yorkers.

NYS Budget: A Victory for Working Families