The Upstate/WNY Division of 1199SEIU is the voice of healthcare employees in western, central, and northern New York State. The region includes more than 23,000 workers at 29 hospitals, 70 long-term care facilities and clinics, a home care agency, a physicians practice, and a business clerical group. Members of 1199SEIU's Upstate/WNY division work in 26 counties throughout Upstate New York, from the Adirondacks to Niagara Falls, and include registered nurses, hospital workers, professionals, nursing home workers, and home care.
Dec 2, 2024
Professional Home Care Workers Believe University of Rochester Management Continues To Limit Bargaining Dates and Length of Sessions Fearing…
Dec 2, 2024
Union members won significant raises to offset area’s soaring cost of living, and to help recruit and retain essential hospital staff
Nov 23, 2024
Professional Home Care Workers Believe Management Continues To Limit Bargaining Dates and Length of Sessions Fearing Other Workers Will…
Nov 7, 2024
As cost-of-living soars, 1199SEIU members at Middletown hospital demand a fair contract to retain staff, address patient care crisis
Nov 6, 2024
There is no way to sugarcoat yesterday’s election loss and the heartache felt by millions of Americans who rightly fear the impact of…
Nov 6, 2024
Florida’s election results displayed some of the very best aspects of our democracy and some of the very worst of politics in our state.
Nov 1, 2024
Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance…
Nov 1, 2024
In the most recent 1199SEIU Florida We Care Committee (WCC) online meeting, caregivers discussed the importance of voting yes on Amendment 4…
Oct 31, 2024
Healthcare workers across the state are overwhelmingly in favor of Amendment 4 that would reverse Florida’s dangerous abortion ban and stop…
Oct 30, 2024
Laboratory staff picketed Northwell’s Little Neck Parkway Laboratory earlier today. The laboratory technologists, laboratory technicians,…
Oct 30, 2024
Weinberg Campus Caregivers, Resident Families, And Community Leaders Protested In Front Of New York State Department Of Health This Week In…
Oct 29, 2024
Top WNY Leaders Called on NYS Department of Health To Save Weinberg Campus By Funding & Approving Receivership
Oct 28, 2024
Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance…
Oct 28, 2024
Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham and Secretary-Treasurer Milly Silva
Oct 28, 2024
Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance…
Oct 25, 2024
Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Health Insurance Coverage…
Oct 25, 2024
Jennifer Parker faced four difficult pregnancies, including three miscarriages, before delivering a healthy baby girl 13 years ago. The Unit…
Oct 22, 2024
As Union members we know that improving the lives of working people is better for everyone.
Oct 22, 2024
Virginia Kondas, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at UHealth Tower in Miami and a member of 1199SEIU Florida, has been a caregiver for…