On March 7, more than 200 Delegates of 1199SEIU traveled from all parts of Florida to the state capital in Tallahassee to tell their first-hand accounts of how cuts to nursing homes and hospitals are impacting their patients and their jobs.
Close to fifty 1199SEIU Florida members and their families were among thousands who marched from Crooms Academy, Seminole County’s first all-black high school, to the Sanford Police Department on March 31, calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, 17, who was unarmed on his way home from a convenience store.
After standing together through months of challenging contract negotiations, hospital workers at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and North Shore Medical Center in Miami recently crossed the finish line hand in hand by approving new union contracts with overwhelming support. The new contracts, which were approved within days of each other and were negotiated by approximately 50 workers from the two Tenet-owned hospitals, invest in caregivers and quality jobs for the South Florida community.
Close to 50 members from 1199SEIU Florida traveled to Sanford to unite with thousands on Thursday, March 22 at a rally calling for justice for Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen who was gunned down in Sanford earlier this month by a neighbor who has not been arrested.
Thanks to strong support from labor, including 1199 members, Kenyan McDuffie sailed to victory on Tuesday, May 15th in a special election for the Ward 5 council seat for the District of Columbia.
The management of Civista Medical Center in Southern Maryland recently learned an important lesson: No matter where an 1199SEIU caregiver works, no matter how hard her fight, her brothers and sisters in the Union will have her back.
On March 9, members of 1199SEIU rallied at the DC City Council to fight back against a plan to slash services at United Medical Center (UMC), the only full-service acute care hospital east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
1199 members from DC and Maryland rallied on March 27h with hundreds of their SEIU brothers and sisters at the U.S.Supreme Court to stand up for the Affordable Care Act.
On May 5, more than 20 1199SEIU members participated in the first-ever Purple Gold trivia night. Purple Gold is the young worker program for union member 35 and under.
In early May, senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren visited the 1199SEIU Union Hall in Dorchester to speak to more than 700 union members from a coalition of labor organizations, from 1199SEIU to the auto workers union to the carpenters union. The event was organized by the Greater Boston Labor Council.
On Saturday, May 12, 1199SEIU members participated in a statewide mobilization to register Massachusetts residents to vote. The mobilization launched out of Lynn, Fall River, Springfield, Worcester, Boston and several other locations.
Caregivers gathered for a vigil in front of Delaire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center today in Linden to demand a fair contract for the nursing home’s caregivers.More than 60 certified nurse’s assistants, dietary aides, housekeeping and other employees turned out to support their co-workers.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, New Jersey Region, which represents nearly 8,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage in the June 5th primary.
A group of New Jersey lawmakers joined home health aides in Roselle Park Wednesday to protest a move by their employer to cut workers’ hourly wages by as much as 30 cents.
One hundred and thirty Certified Nursing Assistants at Waterview and Salem Hills Rehabilitation Centers in Purdys, NY voted overwhelmingly on May 11 to join 1199SEIU. These homes are owned by Epic Healthcare Management and, with this victory, 1199 represents all four of this employer’s nursing homes in New York State. The CNAs are joining with their union colleagues at Skyview in Croton-on-Hudson and Middletown Park in Middletown.
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.
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.”
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.
The campaign against the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy is bearing fruit. A host of the city’s elected officials and civic leaders have called for reform or abolition of the practice, including all of those seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor next year.
1199SEIU President George Gresham joined NAACP President Ben Jealous and National Action Network President Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday at the headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers in lower Manhattan to announce a Silent March to End Stop and Frisk that will be held on Fathers’ Day, June 17. The march will protest the discriminatory, brutal and humiliating tactic of racial profiling used by the NYPD against hundreds of thousands of innocent people each year.
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 Tuesday, April 17th, 1199SEIU, SEIU Local 200 United, and other community allies hosted a dodge ball game in Syracuse’s Clinton Square between Team 99% and the wealthy 1%. The action was intended to remind taxpayers about who are paying taxes, and who are dodging their fair share.
Nearly 200 community activists and outraged taxpayers gathered outside of the US Post Office on William Street in Buffalo, to call on corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. While billions of dollars are wasted in tax subsidies and corporate giveaways, important public services like our post offices—including the one on William Street--are slated to close because of lack of funds.
This year, the upstate NY division of 1199SEIU has given back to the Rochester community by sponsoring soccer teams, which are open to the children of members and non-members in the area. The teams are part of the Flower City Soccer League, a local non-profit committed to contributing to the personal, physical and academic growth of urban children through soccer.
If you live in Western New York, you can come to the Buffalo 1199SEIU office until Friday, April 13, and e-file your taxes for free! If you have a return due to you, it will be back in about 10 days.
On March 7, more than 200 Delegates of 1199SEIU traveled from all parts of Florida to the state capital in Tallahassee to tell their first-hand accounts of how cuts to nursing homes and hospitals are impacting their patients and their jobs.
Close to fifty 1199SEIU Florida members and their families were among thousands who marched from Crooms Academy, Seminole County’s first all-black high school, to the Sanford Police Department on March 31, calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, 17, who was unarmed on his way home from a convenience store.
After standing together through months of challenging contract negotiations, hospital workers at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach and North Shore Medical Center in Miami recently crossed the finish line hand in hand by approving new union contracts with overwhelming support. The new contracts, which were approved within days of each other and were negotiated by approximately 50 workers from the two Tenet-owned hospitals, invest in caregivers and quality jobs for the South Florida community.
Close to 50 members from 1199SEIU Florida traveled to Sanford to unite with thousands on Thursday, March 22 at a rally calling for justice for Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen who was gunned down in Sanford earlier this month by a neighbor who has not been arrested.
Thanks to strong support from labor, including 1199 members, Kenyan McDuffie sailed to victory on Tuesday, May 15th in a special election for the Ward 5 council seat for the District of Columbia.
The management of Civista Medical Center in Southern Maryland recently learned an important lesson: No matter where an 1199SEIU caregiver works, no matter how hard her fight, her brothers and sisters in the Union will have her back.
On March 9, members of 1199SEIU rallied at the DC City Council to fight back against a plan to slash services at United Medical Center (UMC), the only full-service acute care hospital east of the Anacostia River in Washington, DC.
1199 members from DC and Maryland rallied on March 27h with hundreds of their SEIU brothers and sisters at the U.S.Supreme Court to stand up for the Affordable Care Act.
On Saturday, May 5, the 1199SEIU African American Caucus (AFRAM) celebrated Mother’s Day with a special brunch for mothers.
On May 5, more than 20 1199SEIU members participated in the first-ever Purple Gold trivia night. Purple Gold is the young worker program for union member 35 and under.
In early May, senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren visited the 1199SEIU Union Hall in Dorchester to speak to more than 700 union members from a coalition of labor organizations, from 1199SEIU to the auto workers union to the carpenters union. The event was organized by the Greater Boston Labor Council.
On Saturday, May 12, 1199SEIU members participated in a statewide mobilization to register Massachusetts residents to vote. The mobilization launched out of Lynn, Fall River, Springfield, Worcester, Boston and several other locations.
Caregivers gathered for a vigil in front of Delaire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center today in Linden to demand a fair contract for the nursing home’s caregivers.More than 60 certified nurse’s assistants, dietary aides, housekeeping and other employees turned out to support their co-workers.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, New Jersey Region, which represents nearly 8,000 members, today announced its endorsement of Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage in the June 5th primary.
On May 1, New Jersey's 1199SEIU members made the trip to New York to march in May Day demonstrations organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
A group of New Jersey lawmakers joined home health aides in Roselle Park Wednesday to protest a move by their employer to cut workers’ hourly wages by as much as 30 cents.
One hundred and thirty Certified Nursing Assistants at Waterview and Salem Hills Rehabilitation Centers in Purdys, NY voted overwhelmingly on May 11 to join 1199SEIU. These homes are owned by Epic Healthcare Management and, with this victory, 1199 represents all four of this employer’s nursing homes in New York State. The CNAs are joining with their union colleagues at Skyview in Croton-on-Hudson and Middletown Park in Middletown.
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.
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.”
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.
The campaign against the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy is bearing fruit. A host of the city’s elected officials and civic leaders have called for reform or abolition of the practice, including all of those seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor next year.
“For my co-workers, this was a ‘Wow! moment,” said Joan King. “It was like a wonderful light was turned on in our heads.”
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 Tuesday, April 17th, 1199SEIU, SEIU Local 200 United, and other community allies hosted a dodge ball game in Syracuse’s Clinton Square between Team 99% and the wealthy 1%. The action was intended to remind taxpayers about who are paying taxes, and who are dodging their fair share.
Nearly 200 community activists and outraged taxpayers gathered outside of the US Post Office on William Street in Buffalo, to call on corporations to pay their fair share in taxes. While billions of dollars are wasted in tax subsidies and corporate giveaways, important public services like our post offices—including the one on William Street--are slated to close because of lack of funds.
This year, the upstate NY division of 1199SEIU has given back to the Rochester community by sponsoring soccer teams, which are open to the children of members and non-members in the area. The teams are part of the Flower City Soccer League, a local non-profit committed to contributing to the personal, physical and academic growth of urban children through soccer.
If you live in Western New York, you can come to the Buffalo 1199SEIU office until Friday, April 13, and e-file your taxes for free! If you have a return due to you, it will be back in about 10 days.
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