Healthcare workers are our most valuable resource in addressing COVID-19, and keeping healthcare workers safe must be our top priority. 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare workers’ union, has been working tirelessly with our members and partners to make sure our healthcare workers have what they need to do their job well and under the best conditions possible. Learn more here about how workers can protect themselves and how you can stand with workers on the frontlines of this crisis.
We are in desperate need of resources to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the toll it continues to take. Healthcare workers can't do it alone. The federal government must do its part. Without providing access to lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) and crisis pay to cover essential bills, childcare, and transportation to work, healthcare workers are being forced to choose between caring for their patients and caring for their families.
The omicron wave is hitting nursing homes hard, with infections among residents and staff reaching record highs in recent weeks.
The nursing home staffing crisis right now is like nothing we've seen before
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COVID cases and deaths are rising again in nursing homes across the country due to the highly contagious omicron variant. Staffing shortages are adding to strain and workers report "moral distress."Forty years ago, 1199’s Bread and Roses Program revived its wildly successful musical revue. Whereas the original production in 1980 was titled “Take Care,” the 1982 version was named “Take Care, Take Care.”
Although artists Ossie Davis, Micki Grant, Lewis Cole, Alan Menken, Barbara Garson and Michael Posnick were given credit for the lyrics and sketches, the indispensable creators of "Take Care, Take Care" were a group of 17 hospital workers, including housekeepers, social workers, technicians, nurses, maintenance and dietary workers who participated in a series of oral history workshops. They talked about their frustrations, aspirations and the daily hassles of modern healthcare work. The result was a rich oral history that formed the lyrics and dialogue of the songs and skits.
Read the rest of the story in the latest 1199Magazine!
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"Many stories have covered health care workers’ heroic ongoing battle to save lives. We want to underscore these efforts. Since the pandemic began, our front-line doctors, nurses, laboratory personnel, environmental services workers, food service workers and others who are involved in patient care have done what all dedicated first responders do — they run into the fire to save lives at the risk of their own."
Read the rest of 1199 President George Gresham and GNYHA President Kenneth E. Raske letter here:
Readers sound off on medical workers, voting rights legislation and SNL writers
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Manhattan: The COVID-19 pandemic, entering its third year, has taken an enormous toll. In the U.S., there have been more than 68 million COVID-related cases and more than 857,000 deaths, of which New York accounts for 4.24 million cases and nearly 60,500 deaths. While the peak may be near thanks to....
