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2,000 home healthcare workers represented by powerful New York health and human service union District 1199 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have scheduled a Wednesday, September 18 strike date in their negotiations with Queens and Brooklyn centered Premier Home Health Services Inc. Making only $6.50 an hour, most Premier employees make over $1.00 less an hour than the NYS average, and almost $2.00 less than the national average, have no health insurance, no paid sick leave, no vacation time, and are only offered part-time employment. Having organized just under two years ago, the Premier workers have gone out of their way to safeguard the health and safety of the over 2,200 patients they care for if this their first strike takes place, giving the company three times the minimum required advanced notice, and working with other organizations to ensure continuation of critical care.