Strike Averted at Bronx Nursing Home as 1199ers Secure Agreement With 4% Annual Raises, No-Cost Health Insurance, Strong Pensions & Support for Immigrant Caregivers

100 Bronx nursing home workers have reached a tentative three-year agreement averting a one-day strike planned for Thursday morning.

Certified nursing assistants (“CNAs”), licensed practical nurses (“LPNs”), food service staff, and others working at the Concourse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center (“Concourse Rehab”) secured annual 4% raises for the next three years, and preserved their industry-leading no-cost family health insurance (with zero premiums, deductibles, and co-pays), and defined-benefit pension plan.

Layoff protections will now be extended to the caregivers, members of 1199SEIU, with over ten years of service. The deal includes a new fund to provide legal support to immigrant members facing changes in work status, establishes a committee to review the impact of AI in healthcare, and maintains the Job Security and Training Funds which protects workers who have been laid off and allows workers gain new skills to advance their careers in healthcare. Read more here!