Friends Family Healthcare Victory

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The IBT 743 workers at Friends Family Healthcare Center have won a victory! Working without a contract since 2002 and not given a raise since 2006, they had enough. Thanks to a recent transformation of Teamsters 743 into a rank-and-file-run union in an election victory last year, the members mobilized themselves and a coalition of community and labor supporters to show management that they were not going to give up or give in. And on October 3rd, FFHC workers and friends celebrated a victory with a new contract. In this 8-minute video, union members such as Kearo Johnson (Steward, IBT 743) and Nadine Cooper (member of Bargaining Committee) thank the community for their support and discuss the ramifications of this victory.

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