As healthcare has become the center of state and national attention, 1199SEIU is pleased to note that a number of healthcare concerns were i Read More

Next week, nurses and healthcare workers at MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Read More

Join us as we go to Albany and urge lawmakers to fight for our top legislative priorities in the 2019-2020 state budget. Our priorities incl Read More

It’s that time of year when many New Yorkers start paying attention to their health – watching their weight, trying new diets and hittin Read More

New York, NY- 1199SEIU and a number of elected officials today launched a concerted effort to protect both recipients of Temporary Protected Read More

Following the completion of campus consolidation, we are now preparing to bargain our next contract as our current contract expires on June Read More

Become a member of the 1199SEIU Nurse Bargaining Committee! Nominate yourself or a nurse in your group by Friday, January 25, 2019 and help Read More

Myths and facts about the flu Read More

“As healthcare workers we are no doubt going to be exposed to the flu. Having a flu shot can protect you even when you’ve taken other pr Read More

Sonia Ramirez is a humble home health aide who does not see herself as a hero. Her neighbors beg to differ. Many witnessed her heroism in Au Read More

Workers at several Baltimore area hospitals including Sinai and Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) recently settled a set of landmark, Read More

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“As soon as I get someone’s ear, I’m going to talk about health care,” says Evelyn Harris, an 1199SEIU delegate who has worked as a Read More

Our Union has joined hundreds of immigrant and civil rights organizations to turn back a cruel attempt by the Trump administration to punish Read More

1199SEIU home care workers were out in force Thursday morning in front of Elderplan in Brooklyn demanding: Be Fair to Those Who Care! Read More

Anxiety punctuated much of the last year, but 1199ers continued to shine, winning in the workplace, standing up to attacks on health care, f Read More

Two major bargaining groups of metro-area nursing homes each reached a contract with 1199SEIU, agreeing to wage increases for 30,000 workers Read More

New York City, Lower Hudson Valley, Long Island: After months of bargaining, informational pickets and a strike vote, nearly 30,000 nursing Read More

New York, NY- After three contract extensions, months of bargaining and over two years of uncertainty and fight-back, 1199SEIU workers emplo Read More

On the morning after the 2016 presidential elections we woke up to President Donald J. Trump. I knew we were in a world of trouble. I though Read More