Apr 11, 2018
A new initiative was spearheaded by Oshei Children’s Hospital (OCH) in Buffalo, New York and 1199SEIU, and supported by our new Upstate New York Labor Management Project (LMP) presence. A new LMP case study, the third in our “The Power of Partnership” series, offers...
Jan 12, 2018
How can labor and management collaboration help transform a large healthcare system? We all know that the New York healthcare landscape is encountering many challenges, including closures, consolidations and increased competition. In January 2016, Mount Sinai...
Jan 10, 2018
An energetic group of more than 250 Environmental Services (EVS) workers, EVS managers and infection-control specialists attended a conference in October 2017 to learn about the vital role that EVS staff plays in infection prevention in hospitals and nursing homes....
Jan 10, 2018
Eva James, an RN and 1199SEIU contract administrator for Mount Sinai Beth Israel, walked down the hall at the Brooklyn Marriott with a smile on her face. “The RN Symposium was great,” she said. “I learned so much about how hospitals are shifting to larger healthcare...
Sep 15, 2017
As the long-term care industry becomes increasingly competitive, nursing homes are continually striving to provide the highest quality of resident and patient care. ArchCare is part of that trend, and one of its latest initiatives demonstrates the power of including...
Jun 9, 2017
“Stigma is as big a problem as the illness itself,” said Patrick Corrigan, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He was speaking about mental illness at a Crain’s summit, The Future of Behavioral Health in New York State, on...
