Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes:
Unionized Home Health Workers Negotiate Contract In NY
Published on Fri May 24, 2024
Home health workers at University of Rochester Medicine Home Care have begun talks on their first labor contract as part of a union, they say. The URMHC workers voted to form a union in March, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East says in a release. “We must establish reasonable productivity expectations, fair pay and benefits, and become the regional healthcare employer of choice,” one union members says in the release.
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Home Health & Hospice Week
- Review Choice Demonstration:
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