Hundreds of 1199SEIU members and community allies came together in East Flatbush on September 22 to discuss how Brooklyn’s healthcare system could be pulled out of its current crisis and transformed into a sustainable resource that served the whole community.

Just before midnight on Tuesday September 12, after hours of last-minute negotiations, 1199SEIU members at Cedar Oaks nursing home in South Plainfield, NJ, and Norwood Terrace nursing home in Plainfield, NJ, reached a contract settlement with AristaCare Health Services. The agreement was ratified by an overwhelming majority of the membership in a vote on Wednesday, September 14.

Living up to the reputation of “political powerhouse,” the hard work of 1199SEIU members once again played an important role in achieving victory for all seventeen of the 1199-backed candidates in the 2016 NYS Primary election. The endorsed candidates, almost all running for a seat in the Assembly or Senate, and all committed to the 1199 Action Platform, were supported with a door-to-door field effort and/or communications program.

Members of 1199SEIU joined thousands of New York City’s working women and men in New York City’s annual Labor Day Parade on Sept. 10. Unions from every sector marched under the theme #Unionmade, reinforcing New York’s heritage as a union town and reminding the public that the City is built and maintained by hardworking union men and women.

1199SEIU's "Enchanted Garden" themed contingent added to the splendor of the 49th annual West Indian Day Parade held Sept. 5 in Brooklyn, NY. The yearly display of Caribbean culture lit up Eastern Parkway and drew more than 2 million visitors.