It is appropriate, although coincidence, that the 1199SEIU Retirees Division launched a new Hudson Valley New York Chapter in May, the month we celebrate Older Americans Month, National Nurses Week and Mother’s Day. Retiree’s Division President Lena Hayes said, “May offers the perfect opportunity to show our appreciation for our seniors and retirees, as well as for our nurses, many of whom are, of course, also mothers.”
A team of 1199SEIU members were among hundreds of people who participated in the first ever Spring Capital Region Heart Walk and Health Fair. The event was held at The Crossings in Colonie, New York, a suburb of Albany, on Saturday, May12, 2012.
Hundreds of Metropolitan New York area homecare members began picketing homecare agencies in April to protest the arbitrary termination of contractual benefits by those agencies.
On May 1, millions of people across the world took to the streets, calling attention to social and economic inequality and corporate greed. For over a century, May 1 has been known as May Day or International Workers Day—a time when working people unite and raise their voices above corporate noise.
