{"id":830513,"date":"2026-08-30T05:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830513\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:04:19","slug":"healthcare-workers-call-for-new-labor-agreement-prior-to-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/830513\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare workers call for new labor agreement prior to deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 Unions representing hundreds of healthcare workers and service workers are calling for a new labor agreement ahead of the expiration of their contract next week.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between 1199 SEIU and the University of Rochester began last month.<\/p>\n<p>The group is trying to negotiate a new deal that would prioritize affordable <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/rochester-nurses-rally-for-healthcare-reform-at-liberty-pole-way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">health insurance<\/a>, wage improvements, and worker retention and recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/13wham.com\/news\/local\/union-stages-informational-picket-at-unity-living-center-urging-rrh-back-to-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nursing home employees hit picket line over contract dispute with RRH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Retirement benefits and paid time off are also key points in the negotiations, as are protections for grad workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make sure all students and patients in the communities have what they need to have a healthy, fulfilling life, and if the workers don\u2019t have what they need, the whole institution can crumble,\u201d said Dawn Marshall-Hosier, the executive vice president of the local 200 1199 SEIU.<\/p>\n<p>The contract covering more than 2,000 workers is set to expire next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently two dates scheduled for negotiations between the two sides before then.<\/p>\n<p>________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rochester, N.Y. \u2014 Unions representing hundreds of healthcare workers and service workers are calling for a new labor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-830513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}