EINSTEIN COLLEGE
1199 on strike for job security
By Hillel Cohen
1199 Delegate and
Negotiating Committee member
New York
Eleven hundred workers at the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine walked off their jobs on Nov. 10. They are demanding
job security, better pay and advancement opportunities.
Workers at a noon meeting on Nov. 10 voted unanimously to
strike. They then marched out of the meeting and immediately
set up strong picket lines.
These members of 1199 National Health and Human Services
Employees Union do all the support work for research and
teaching at the school, including service, clerical and
technical work. Union members also provide clinical and social
services at mental health and substance-abuse clinics in the
Bronx, N.Y.
On Nov. 11, negotiating committee members reported that the
strike was 100-percent solid. No members crossed the line. And
the picket lines were huge and militant, despite cold rain and
winds.
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