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Communications Workers of America Local 1168 and 1199 SEIU United HealthCare Workers East, which represent more than 6,300 workers within the Kaleida system, announced late Thursday evening that 96% of participating workers voted in favor of authorizing a strike.
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There's a tentative deal between the Catholic Health and the Communications Workers of America to end the five-week-long strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo. The deal will also cover various units at other Catholic Health hospitals.
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"If they come to one-to-four, this ends. It's that simple," said Communications Workers of America Area Director Debora Hayes.
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Things have heated up even further, as the strike at Buffalo's Mercy Hospital lingers into its second month. Catholic Health is cutting off health insurance for the strikers, in a move the union said is an attempt to intimidate workers into a bad contract.
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Outside Mercy Hospital, strikers march in circles, dampened by the continuing rain. Inside, Catholic Health CEO Mark Sullivan defends management's position.
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The president and CEO of Catholic Health says he remains optimistic that the hospital system and the union representing its striking nurses will reach terms soon on a fair contract. Mark Sullivan provided an update on behalf of the hospital system during day six of the CWA 1133 strike outside Mercy Hospital in Buffalo.
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A strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo continues for a sixth day, after the hospital and union completed 11 hours of bargaining Tuesday.
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The two sides in the Mercy Hospital strike wound up slogging through the complexities of running a hospital in the same bargaining room Tuesday, after they couldn't agree on real or virtual the day before.
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Catholic Health and the Communication Workers of America will come back to the bargaining table Tuesday, as a strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo enters its fifth day.
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CWA workers went on strike at Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo as of 6 a.m. Friday. The union representing approximately 2,200 registered nurses and service, technical and clerical associates walked out of overnight negotiations over an 11th-hour bargaining package presented by Catholic Health.