Labor Unit of Nurses and Health Employees

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ULEES
Labor Unit of Nurses and Health Employees
Unidad Laboral de Enfermeras(os), y Empleados de la Salud
Founded1974
HeadquartersCalle Héctor Salamán 354
Urb. Ext Roosevelt
Hato Rey
Location
Key people
 Ana Meléndez, President [1]
Website unidadlaboral.com

The Labor Unit of Nurses and Health Employees (Spanish : Unidad Laboral de Enfermeras(os), y Empleados de la Salud, ULEES) is a trade union of nurses and healthcare workers in Puerto Rico.

History

ULEES was founded in 1974. [1] For a long time, the union was led by Radamés Quiñones Aponte. [2]

In 2010, ULEES led a picket line outside a hospital in Ponce, calling for a new collective bargaining agreement. [3]

In 2020, ULEES called on the Puerto Rican government to investigate allegations that healthcare workers were prioritising friends and administration staff for COVID-19 vaccination. [4] In the next year, the union alleged that some hospitals made healthcare workers come in for work even while they were sick with Covid. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "NUESTRA ORGANIZACIÓN". ULEES.
  2. ↑ Doris Pizarro Claudio (2017-07-04). "En Memoria: Radamés Quiñones Aponte - La versatilidad de un líder sindical". Hostosian National Independence Movement .
  3. ↑ "ULEES realiza piquete contra gerencia del hospital San Cristóbal". Primera Hora . 2010-10-16.
  4. ↑ "Enfermeros exigen investigación por denuncias de vacunación a allegados de dueños de hospitales". Metro . 2020-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Aseguran que los hospitales obligan a los enfermeros con covid-19 a presentarse a sus áreas de trabajo". El Vocero . 2021-08-26.


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