1199 members picket outside Mt. Sinai Hospital last month.
July 17, 2014
Members of local 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are voting this week on whether to hold a one-day strike at the North Shore-LIJ Health System and four other New York metropolitan area hospitals if no contract agreement is in place by July 30.
United Healthcare Workers East, said Tuesday that 70,000 union members who would be covered under the contract were voting on whether to stage a one-day strike which would take place on July 31 if a contract agreement is not reached by July 30.
