Tired of waiting for State Representatives Jose Oliva (R-Hialeah) and Frank Artiles (R-Miami) to do the right thing, Floridians in Miami gathered outside the representatives' campaign fundraiser on June 12, while waving signs and chanting that they demand Medicaid healthcare expansion now.
This May, Oceanside Extended Care Center employees ended an epic union contract negotiations battle on a victorious note by renewing their union contract with stronger wages, hours and job security.
As state legislators make the rounds in their districts speaking to constituents about what they worked on during the 2013 legislative session in Tallahassee, Floridians across the state continue to express outrage that legislators failed to expand healthcare for 1.2 million hardworking Floridians.
1199SEIU Florida caregivers joined healthcare expansion champions State Senator Dwight Bullard (D-Miami) and State Representatives Perry Thurston (D-Ft. Lauderdale), Kionne McGhee (D-Miami) and Barbara Watson (D-Miami Gardens) to talk about the morally and fiscally irresponsible decision by Florida House leaders to deny healthcare expansion to 1.2 million hardworking Floridians.
The Maryland/DC Retirees and Seniors are a growing group within the 1199SEIU family. The group engages working and retired seniors in the Maryland/DC region in a full range of political and social activities, and is actively expanding its membership.
Thanks to the tireless 1199SEIU members, the union’s Maryland/DC Training and Upgrading Fund will receive $309,000 in new state funds to train union members to meet future workforce needs.
Members of 1199SEIU joined Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby, local clergy and community groups for a rally May 22 at the Inner Harbor to launch a new campaign for improved wages for the city’s 1,000 private security officers.
Arthur Wharton has worked at the hospital for nearly 18 years. He has continued to advance his career as a technologist and recently passed his Imaging Informatics Professional certification.
A: “There are a lot of reasons. You are on an equal footing with management. You have job security. The benefits of going to school through the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund. Thanks to the TUF, I have been able to go back to school. The union allows the opportunity for workers and management to collaborate on solving problems.”
A: “I was already a certified nursing assistant and I liked taking care of people. I like establishing the relationship. Some of the consumers don’t have family members or have someone come by often. I like to get to know someone one-on-one. I like the connection, that little bond.”
Downsizing. Floor closures. Service cuts. For too long, the community and safety net hospitals where so many 1199SEIU members work have been forced to struggle with the consequences of under-payments by public and private insurers in return for the quality care we provide.
A torrential downpour didn’t drench the spirits of 1199SEIU members at Hamilton Park Health Care Center in Jersey City as they held a lively informational picket in front of the nursing home on June 7. The caregivers who work as certified nursing assistants, dietary aides, recreation aides, and housekeepers are standing up to defend their contract as the new owner of the facility is attempting to change their wages and benefits.
On Wednesday, April 24, 1199SEIU members held an informational picket at Forest Hill Healthcare Center in Newark,NJ, to demand a fair contract. Around 80 caregivers have gone for nearly two years without a raise and are at risk of seeing their health benefits cut.
A long bus ride and sweltering heat didn’t sap the energy of New Jersey 1199ers as they arrived in Washington DC to participate in a huge rally for immigration reform on April 10. Tens of thousands mobilized in front of the Capitol building to demand that Congress pass a comprehensive immigration bill that protects people’s civil rights and establishes a clear path to citizenship for millions of families who call the United States home.
More than 1,500 healthcare workers from across New York packed the West Capitol Park in Albany for a rally in support of two bills that address a “patient care crisis” in the state. The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act and the Safe Patient Handling Act would create safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute care facilities, and a statewide safe patient-handling policy.
1199SEIU members at Ferncliff Nursing Home in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley were angry and unwilling to simply sit back when they learned about the discriminatory action of their employer. “The environment at a nursing home and the dedication and hopefulness of the caregivers are critical to the health and well-being of the residents,” said Darrell Sherman, a union delegate.
The Albany County Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO (ACCFL) and the Capital District Area Labor Federation (CDALF) have been mobilizing their members and calling upon county legislators to stand with 1199SEIU healthcare workers in the fight against the privatization of the Albany County Nursing Home in New York’s capital city.
Since the first group of workers at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, organized and fought to become 1199 members more than four decades ago in 1972, the health care workers at this Mid-Hudson Valley hospital have taken on many fights to protect their contract and strengthen their union.
On June 12 at a midtown Manhattan hotel, with a ceremony that ranged in tone from solemn reverence to emboldened jubilation, over 2,000 rank-and-file Delegates were sworn into office, along with 1199SEIU’s President George Gresham and Secretary –Treasurer Maria Castaneda. Both were overwhelmingly re-elected to their positions for a third term in Union elections conducted in March and April.
The Metro New York Labor Communications Council presented the awards for its yearly journalism competition at the organization’s annual convention June 7 in New York City. 1199SEIU’s publication, Our Life And Times, received six awards in the contest. A brochure created for last year’s SEIU Convention in Denver, CO also garnered a prize. 1199SEIU’s awards in the contest were:
A large contingent of 1199SEIU members joined the more than one million people who turned out for New York City’s 56th Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 9. In joyful display of boriquen pride, the procession of bands, floats, cars and close to 80,000 dancers, musicians, and marchers made its way up Fifth Avenue, to the delight of cheering, singing throngs of parade-goers.
Just two days before New York’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, 1199SEIU Pres. George Gresham hosted a “Speak Out” at the Union’s Manhattan headquarters on health issues facing Latinos, particularly Puerto Ricans. The theme of this year’s parade is “Salud: Celebrating Your Health.”
Some three hundred and fifty caregivers at three upstate New York nursing homes joined 1199SEIU in May. The driving force behind their decision to become 1199SEIU members was raising standards for all healthcare workers and their communities.
Buffalo, NY - After extensive negotiations Wednesday, Thursday, and late into the evening on Friday, Kaleida and the Union Bargaining Committee have failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. The parties did agree to an extension of the existing contract through June 21, 2013.
The Unions intend to move forward with plans to conduct a strike vote of the membership
There has never been a better time to go back to school. The “1199 Healthcare Workers College Fair” on May 8, sponsored by 1199SEIU, the Central NY Nurse Council, and the 1199 Training and Education Fund, gave members and their loved ones the opportunity to meet local college representatives and learn about the educational opportunities available to them right away.
This issue of Our Life And Times focuses on "What Hurricane Sandy Wrought". 1199ers displayed their dedication and heroism, safeguarding their communities and patients.
This issue of Our Life And Times focuses on "The work of 1199ers like Judy Jones, a Cape Cod phlebotomist, could be greatly affected by the results of the Nov. 6 election."
This issue of Our Life And Times focuses on "The work of 1199ers like Judy Jones, a Cape Cod phlebotomist, could be greatly affected by the results of the Nov. 6 election."
Tired of waiting for State Representatives Jose Oliva (R-Hialeah) and Frank Artiles (R-Miami) to do the right thing, Floridians in Miami gathered outside the representatives' campaign fundraiser on June 12, while waving signs and chanting that they demand Medicaid healthcare expansion now.
This May, Oceanside Extended Care Center employees ended an epic union contract negotiations battle on a victorious note by renewing their union contract with stronger wages, hours and job security.
As state legislators make the rounds in their districts speaking to constituents about what they worked on during the 2013 legislative session in Tallahassee, Floridians across the state continue to express outrage that legislators failed to expand healthcare for 1.2 million hardworking Floridians.
1199SEIU Florida caregivers joined healthcare expansion champions State Senator Dwight Bullard (D-Miami) and State Representatives Perry Thurston (D-Ft. Lauderdale), Kionne McGhee (D-Miami) and Barbara Watson (D-Miami Gardens) to talk about the morally and fiscally irresponsible decision by Florida House leaders to deny healthcare expansion to 1.2 million hardworking Floridians.
Get to know Rashida Teombe, a laundry aide at Communicare – Fayette.
The Maryland/DC Retirees and Seniors are a growing group within the 1199SEIU family. The group engages working and retired seniors in the Maryland/DC region in a full range of political and social activities, and is actively expanding its membership. 
Thanks to the tireless 1199SEIU members, the union’s Maryland/DC Training and Upgrading Fund will receive $309,000 in new state funds to train union members to meet future workforce needs.
Members of 1199SEIU joined Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby, local clergy and community groups for a rally May 22 at the Inner Harbor to launch a new campaign for improved wages for the city’s 1,000 private security officers.
Arthur Wharton has worked at the hospital for nearly 18 years. He has continued to advance his career as a technologist and recently passed his Imaging Informatics Professional certification.
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Q: What made you decide to become a PCA?
Downsizing. Floor closures. Service cuts. For too long, the community and safety net hospitals where so many 1199SEIU members work have been forced to struggle with the consequences of under-payments by public and private insurers in return for the quality care we provide.
A torrential downpour didn’t drench the spirits of 1199SEIU members at Hamilton Park Health Care Center in Jersey City as they held a lively informational picket in front of the nursing home on June 7. The caregivers who work as certified nursing assistants, dietary aides, recreation aides, and housekeepers are standing up to defend their contract as the new owner of the facility is attempting to change their wages and benefits.
1199SEIU members in New Jersey are mourning the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg, who passed away at age 89 after a long illness.
On Wednesday, April 24, 1199SEIU members held an informational picket at Forest Hill Healthcare Center in Newark,NJ, to demand a fair contract. Around 80 caregivers have gone for nearly two years without a raise and are at risk of seeing their health benefits cut.
A long bus ride and sweltering heat didn’t sap the energy of New Jersey 1199ers as they arrived in Washington DC to participate in a huge rally for immigration reform on April 10. Tens of thousands mobilized in front of the Capitol building to demand that Congress pass a comprehensive immigration bill that protects people’s civil rights and establishes a clear path to citizenship for millions of families who call the United States home.
More than 1,500 healthcare workers from across New York packed the West Capitol Park in Albany for a rally in support of two bills that address a “patient care crisis” in the state. The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act and the Safe Patient Handling Act would create safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios for acute care facilities, and a statewide safe patient-handling policy.
1199SEIU members at Ferncliff Nursing Home in New York’s Mid-Hudson Valley were angry and unwilling to simply sit back when they learned about the discriminatory action of their employer. “The environment at a nursing home and the dedication and hopefulness of the caregivers are critical to the health and well-being of the residents,” said Darrell Sherman, a union delegate.
The Albany County Central Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO (ACCFL) and the Capital District Area Labor Federation (CDALF) have been mobilizing their members and calling upon county legislators to stand with 1199SEIU healthcare workers in the fight against the privatization of the Albany County Nursing Home in New York’s capital city.
Since the first group of workers at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, organized and fought to become 1199 members more than four decades ago in 1972, the health care workers at this Mid-Hudson Valley hospital have taken on many fights to protect their contract and strengthen their union.
On June 12 at a midtown Manhattan hotel, with a ceremony that ranged in tone from solemn reverence to emboldened jubilation, over 2,000 rank-and-file Delegates were sworn into office, along with 1199SEIU’s President George Gresham and Secretary –Treasurer Maria Castaneda. Both were overwhelmingly re-elected to their positions for a third term in Union elections conducted in March and April.
A large contingent of 1199SEIU members joined the more than one million people who turned out for New York City’s 56th Annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 9. In joyful display of boriquen pride, the procession of bands, floats, cars and close to 80,000 dancers, musicians, and marchers made its way up Fifth Avenue, to the delight of cheering, singing throngs of parade-goers.
Just two days before New York’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade, 1199SEIU Pres. George Gresham hosted a “Speak Out” at the Union’s Manhattan headquarters on health issues facing Latinos, particularly Puerto Ricans. The theme of this year’s parade is “Salud: Celebrating Your Health.”
Some three hundred and fifty caregivers at three upstate New York nursing homes joined 1199SEIU in May. The driving force behind their decision to become 1199SEIU members was raising standards for all healthcare workers and their communities.
Contract covering 3,500 1199SEIU Union Members expires at midnight.
There has never been a better time to go back to school. The “1199 Healthcare Workers College Fair” on May 8, sponsored by 1199SEIU, the Central NY Nurse Council, and the 1199 Training and Education Fund, gave members and their loved ones the opportunity to meet local college representatives and learn about the educational opportunities available to them right away.
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