Small cities near Albany, New York emerge as battlegrounds for health care unions
The small working-class cities in Montgomery and Fulton counties have emerged as major battlegrounds in New York between labor unions and health-care companies seeking leverage under the Affordable Care Act.
About 60 health care workers took steps this week to unionize at River Ridge Living Center in Amsterdam, a Montgomery County city of 18,600 people.
They followed more than 400 other employees already clashing with separate hospitals and nursing homes in Amsterdam and Gloversville, a Fulton County city of about 15,600 residents, and an hour's drive west of Albany.
Union organizing efforts and stalled contract negotiations in Fulton and Montgomery counties follow similar news in New York City, where threats of labor strikes among health-care workers have been on the rise in recent months.
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