Vaccine Information for Employees

1199 Delegate Michael Adams talks about why he got vaccinated for COVID-19.

1199 member Pablo Olivera talks about his experience in getting vaccinated for COVID-19.

George Gresham Receives His 2nd COVID-19 Vaccination Shot

1199SEIU Secretary Treasurer Maria Castaneda Gets Vaccinated For COVID-19

George & Siana Gresham Speak About the COVID-19 Vaccine from 1199SEIU on Vimeo.

George Gresham Gets Vaccinated For COVID-19 from 1199SEIU on Vimeo.

Jacqueline Lord- Workman's Circle Nursing Home from 1199SEIU on Vimeo.

1199SEIU POSITION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION

COVID-19 vaccines have been established to be safe and highly effective in reducing the risk of infection and preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death for those who become infected.

We believe that education should be the first strategy to promote vaccination, and we have focused tremendous resources on communicating with our members to answer their questions, address their concerns, and encourage vaccination. At this juncture, vaccination is not simply an option, it’s mandatory – and for good reason – because as healthcare workers, our actions have a greater impact on public health than any other workforce sector.

After all we have seen over the last year and a half, we owe it to our patients, our co-workers, and our communities to get vaccinated.

• COVID-19 VACCINE TALKING POINTS
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

Other Resources

• Doctor says her father died after catching Covid-19 in hospital
• Lo que necesita saber sober la vacunas del COVID-19 - Actualizado el 12 de diciembre 2020

Schedule An Appointment to Get Vaccinated

New York State
Schedule Your Appointment Online
covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/
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1-833-NYS-4-VAX

New York City
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vaccinefinder.nyc.gov/
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1-877-VAX-4NYC

New Jersey
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covid19.nj.gov/pages/covid-19-vaccine-locations-for-eligible-recipients
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855-568-0545

Massachusetts
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www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-vaccination-locations
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211

Maryland
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coronavirus.maryland.gov/pages/vaccine
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855-MD-GoVAX

DC
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coronavirus.dc.gov/vaccinatedc
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1-855-363-0333

Florida
Schedule Your Appointment Online
floridahealthcovid19.gov/vaccines/vaccine-locator/
Schedule your appointment on the phone
1-866-200-3468

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Workers are demanding a competitive contract that protects wages and benefits while for-profit employer proposes significant cuts to wages & benefits for incoming new hires at bargaining table Read More
Rochester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing caregivers say lack dignity and respect, low wages, and limited benefits lead to chronic short staffing Read More
Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals; Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns, Staffing Crisis Read More
Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals; Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns, Staffing Crisis Read More
A week after more than 300 members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers met with state and city officials about the crisis in healthcare, a new survey of workers shows deep concern with staffing, burnout and unsafe working conditions in nursing homes, health centers, and hospitals. Read More
Some owners of Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at Williamsville under investigation by NYS Attorney General for alleged misuse of $18 Million in Medicaid funding for personal profit, while residents were neglected and suffered due to chronic understaffing1 Read More
Some owners of Comprehensive at Williamsville under investigation by NYS Attorney General for alleged misuse of $18 Million in Medicaid funding for personal profit, while residents were neglected and suffered due to chronic understaffing Read More
MIAMI –Dozens of caregivers, healthcare workers and supporters will rally this week outside HCA Florida hospitals to highlight the critical staffing and care crisis at HCA facilities across the state, including May 9 near HCA Florida Largo Hospital. The events will be led by members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the state’s largest union of healthcare workers. Read More
Bronx, NY—Low-income communities like the Bronx will be harmed by Gov. Hochul’s healthcare budget, workers and advocates say, as she hosts a high-dollar fundraiser at the Yankees-Guardians game on Tuesday night. Read More
The world-class contracts 1199 members within the NY League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes have negotiated over the last several decades are a testament to the Union’s remarkable success. The wage increases that were agreed at the recent League wage re-opener in early March, is just the most recent win. Central to these victories was broad community support, political action, expert public relations and communications. Most important, was the work of members in the workplace. Read More
“I came to this country as a single mother with a young boy in 1991,” says Dr. Marlene Malcolm, a Jamaican immigrant to New York who started working as an 1199 Pharmacy Technician at Montefiore Medical Center upon her arrival. Read More
A lot can change in four days. When the 500 members of 1199SEIU’s League Bargaining Committee started the process of negotiating with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Health Systems to reopen the contract in March, they knew they had a battle on their hands. Their existing contract did not expire until September 2024. Read More
Members at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown campus ratified their strongest contract ever in February, after months of tough bargaining. In the end, members were able to negotiate wage increases that amount to more than 10 percent for the longest-serving workers. 1199 Magazine recently caught up with some of the Union Delegates on the bargaining committee to find out how they did it. In the years since workers first organized with 1199 to form a union at the hospital, members have been working steadily to improve their wages and conditions. Read More
It was a crisp and sunny morning on March 21st, when thousands of 1199 members from all over New York State converged around the Capitol building to make sure Governor Kathy Hochul knew what was at stake if she did not amend her proposed state budget. Bus after bus pulled into nearby parking lots until more than 15,000 members from New York City, Long Island and even Buffalo had filled the streets ahead of a massive rally which filled the MVP arena. Read More
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are experiencing severe staffing shortages that threaten to delay resident care. Three years of the pandemic have pushed conditions to the limit as New York’s healthcare system struggles to replenish its healthcare workforce and keep Medicaid-reliant providers open, amid significant funding gaps. Read More
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are experiencing severe staffing shortages that threaten to delay resident care. Three years of the pandemic have pushed conditions to the limit as New York’s healthcare system struggles to replenish its healthcare workforce and keep Medicaid-reliant providers open, amid significant funding gaps. Read More
In 1959, a group of 5000 New York City drugstore workers made the audacious decision to organize the city’s hospital workers. It was audacious because, among other things, it was against the law at the time and the leaders of what was then Local 1199 were prepared to go to jail. It was also audacious because those drugstore workers, overwhelming Jewish men, were going to organize tens of thousands of mainly Black and Latina women, who were being paid $32 for a six-day workweek. Read More
Members and community allies, led by 1199SEIU President George Gresham, stopped traffic during rush hour in an act of non-violent civil disobedience in front of the Governor Kathy Hochul’s New York City office on March 29th. They held tombstones illustrating what is at stake if the state fails to inject much-needed dollars into healthcare provision in the FY2024 budget. Read More
The time for a reckoning has come. In the early days of the pandemic, when hundreds or thousands of members were going into work—many of them literally risking death for themselves and their family members each day—everyone was focused on the job at hand of saving as many people as possible. Read More
Buffalo, NY – Healthcare workers, providers, and consumers continue to lobby elected leaders for increases to healthcare funding in the late state’s budget, and city mayors are likewise calling upon the Governor to support Upstate NY’s health needs. They are calling for Medicaid rate increases for hospitals and nursing homes of 10% and 20%, respectively, detailing the dire financial situation that many healthcare providers find themselves in, after three years of a pandemic which devastated the healthcare workforce and has significantly increased the need for community health services. Mayors from the following cities sent letters urging Governor Hochul to invest in healthcare in the state’s budget: Read More

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COVID19 Vaccine Resources

1199SEIU POSITION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION

Resources

• 1199SEIU POSITION STATEMENT ON COVID-19 VACCINE

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 VACCINE FACT SHEET
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 FAQ with Dr. Van H. Dunn, CMO, 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• COVID-19 VACCINE TALKING POINTS
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

Other Resources

Schedule An Appointment to Get Vaccinated

News Feed

COVID19 Vaccine Resources

1199SEIU POSITION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION

Resources

• 1199SEIU POSITION STATEMENT ON COVID-19 VACCINE

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 VACCINE FACT SHEET Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 FAQ with Dr. Van H. Dunn, CMO, 1199SEIU Benefit Funds Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• COVID-19 VACCINE TALKING POINTS Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

Other Resources

Schedule An Appointment to Get Vaccinated

News Feed

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 VACCINE FACT SHEET
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• 1199SEIU COVID-19 FAQ with Dr. Van H. Dunn, CMO, 1199SEIU Benefit Funds
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese

• COVID-19 VACCINE TALKING POINTS
Spanish | Russian | Creole | Chinese