BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Healthcare workers from across Western New York will travel to Albany on Monday morning to join thousands of colleagues statewide in protesting unprecedented federal cuts that threaten hospitals, nursing homes and vital healthcare services.
The workers will participate in what organizers are calling a “Code Red” for healthcare, demanding state action to address the funding crisis that could result in eight hospitals in the Southern Tier closing and about 50,000 New York state healthcare employees potentially losing their jobs.
“We will have hundreds of workers heading out on buses from the Western New York area,” said Shameka Burnett-Matthews, an administrative organizer with 1199 SEIU. “We’ve got people from Niagara Falls down to Salamanca heading out on buses, and we will be joining with our brothers and sisters across the entire Empire State at the state Capitol.”
We will have hundreds of workers heading out on buses from the Western New York area. We’ve got people from Niagara Falls down to Salamanca heading out on buses, and we will be joining with our brothers and sisters across the entire Empire State at the state Capitol,” said Shameka Burnett-Matthews, an administrative organizer with 1199 SEIU…