1199SEIU, representing 16,000 healthcare families in New Jersey, announced its endorsement of Councilman Ras Baraka for Mayor of Newark on March 4. Over one thousand 1199SEIU nursing home workers live in Newark and are responsible for providing care to many of the city's most frail and vulnerable residents.

More than a hundred 1199SEIU nursing-home workers from across New York State came to the state’s capital prepared for the single-digit temperature by wearing layered clothing, boots, warm hats and gloves. They also came prepared to protect quality care at nursing homes by telling their stories to state legislators.

Millicent Faulkner, a veteran CNA at Sarah Neuman nursing home in Mamaroneck, loves her job and is proud of the care that she provides. “If my mom and dad were sick and needed to live in a home, I’d want them to be cared for at Sarah Neuman,” she says.

For the second time in a month, Golden Living nursing home workers vote to join the state’s largest healthcare union - 1199SEIU

After months of stalled negotiations, Tamarac Rehabilitation and Health caregivers voted overwhelmingly to accept the agreement their bargaining committee reached with management, which includes a $1 increase for new hires, stronger protections in the case of subcontracting, and maintaining the monthly employer contribution to employees’ legal fund and health benefits.