Chanting “hands in the air for quality care,” low-wage workers from Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center managed to get the attention of many motorists driving down Old Town Road in Dongan Hills on Wednesday as part of a city-wide picket for better benefits. ( Advance photo/Tracey Porpora)
July 15, 2014
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Ninety percent of the representatives for city healthcare workers at 100 hospitals — including Richmond University Medical Center and Staten Island University Hospital — are voting in favor of a one day strike, which would take place on July 31.
“We won’t know until Thursday if there will be a strike, but as of now, about 90 percent of the healthcare workers’ representatives are in favor of the strike,” said an 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East spokeswoman.
