Local leaders back nursing home workers ahead of week-long strike

Nursing home workers preparing to go on strike

Around 2,500 workers at 15 Western New York nursing homes plan to go on a week-long strike later this month.

Local leaders back nursing home workers ahead of week-long strike

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Nursing home workers and members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East across 15 nursing homes are planning to strike for a week on May 20 if a contract cannot be reached. During a press conference on Monday, local leaders showed their support for the workers. "The hard-working members of 1199SEIU caring for our loved ones at nursing homes across the region, again at our most difficult times, as our families, our lov…