1199SEIU Florida Nurses

As the largest healthcare union in Florida, nurses are able to use their collective power to make positive changes in their workplace and communities. They are trusted voices because of their expertise and commitment to provide quality care.

The nurse page serves as a resource for timely information, news, events and educational tools nurses can use to stay informed and engaged. Whether it’s politics, communications, a worksite issue or climate change, nurses have an important role to play.

Find out how you can be an advocate for change and enhance your leadership skills.

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GET TO KNOW A NURSE: RN DEB MONTGOMERY ‘JUMPED INTO THE DEEP END’ TO FIGHT FOR WHAT’S RIGHT

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UHealth Tower Nurse Creates Handmade Gifts For Patients Battling Cancer And Other Illnesses

Registered Nurse Tonya Moore touches her patients in many ways. In addition to providing quality care to patients in UHealth Tower’s 11 South oncology department, Moore crochets hats, blankets and scarves for those who could use a thoughtful gift to help lift up their spirits.

SEIU Nurses From Across Nation Visit Florida For Rally and Conference Calling For Caregivers To Be Respected, Protected, Paid & Staffed Safely

More than 350 nurses from SEIU locals from numerous states recently gathered in Miami for a dynamic professional development conference and a dramatic rally that highlighted the staffing, retention and care crisis in healthcare facilities in Florida and across the country.

Nurses Win Back PTO After Improper Call Offs At HCA Florida Kendall Hospital

Supervisors at HCA Florida Regional Hospital had been failing to properly follow the staffing rotation and rules by regularly sending O.R. nurses home early before their shifts were supposed to end, forcing nurses to use their PTO.

1199SEIU’s Training & Upgrading Fund Is The Key To A Brighter Future For Many UHealth Tower Healthcare Workers

From nurse degree programs and continuing education courses to citizenship classes, the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund has a variety of programs and resources to help UHealth Tower staff reach their educational goals.

Education Funding Is Available for Healthcare Workers

Education is the key to a better future. Here are some of the scholarships, grants and tuition assistance programs available and how to access them.

Nurses at UHealth Tower, Tenet Facilities Win Better Pay, Staffing and Protections

There have been a host of victories for 1199SEIU Florida member nurses who work at UHealth Tower and Tenet Healthcare facilities, especially for longtime caregivers who are now more fairly compensated for their years of experience over new hires.

Staffing Transparency Among Important Issues Won By 1199SEIU Members In New Contract With HCA Florida Hospitals

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“The Florida members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East applaud and appreciate the Biden-Harris Administration’s new national requirements to protect senior patients and their caregivers in nursing homes across the nation. Read More
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East has announced its endorsement of Rep. Andy Kim for US Senate. Read More
The final budget agreement represents a significant improvement from Governor Hochul’sinitial proposal—which contained over $1 billion in Medicaid cuts—and highlights the immense importance of our ongoing Medicaid Equity campaign. Read More
Driven by their commitment to providing quality care for their patients, workers at two Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (“PPGNY”) sites in Long Island joined 1199SEIU, the largest and fastest growing healthcare union in New York. Read More
Learn more about 1199SEIU's 2024 legislative victories for Maryland. Read More
More than 100 long-term care workers from across Florida gathered in Orlando recently to accomplish one goal – prepare for contract negotiations. Read More
Jennifer Parker, a longtime and active 1199SEIU Florida member-leader recently authored an editorial published in The Orlando Sentinel that called out Governor Ron DeSantis and other state politicians for their cynical claims and misguided priorities while failing to serve working families. Read More
Governor’s Budget Cuts Would Deepen NY's Homecare Worker Shortage and Force Disabled Children & Seniors Out of their Homes and into Institutions— just as Insurance Companies Continue To Earn Millions in Profits Read More
The Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act introduced in Albany this year is designed to stop profit-driven insurance companies from ripping off home care consumers and taxpayers. The 1199 Magazine caught up with some CDPAP members in Albany as they lobbied their elected representatives to support this legislation and protect their wages. Read More
Members show solidarity for Women's History Month Read More
An 1199 retiree explains why her political action with the Union never stops. Read More
The marriage of culture and politics is a powerful force. Read More
As working people, raising our voices together is the best way to be heard. Read More
Members came together at Union headquarters to honor past heroes and build for the future. Read More
Working people need to make sure we have a dog in the race. Read More
Workers at WestMed, a consortium of doctors’ offices and urgent care centers located at seven different sites around Westchester, New York, reached out to 1199 when their conditions started to change following the corporate takeover. Read More
Hundreds of Massachusetts 1199ers took to the streets on March 20 outside Governor Maura Healey’s office to protest her state budget proposal that threatens to cut 6,000 consumers out of the Personal Care Assistant program, which provides home care services across the state. Read More
Members in Maryland joined other progressive organizations at a rally for health justice outside the state capitol building in Annapolis on February 26. Read More
Refusing to let grave injustice get the better of him, Jon-Adrian Velazquez, is now starring in a movie about redemption alongside renowned actor, Colman Domingo. Read More
Union activists celebrated International Women’s Day up and down the East Coast in a variety of events designed to build solidarity. Read More

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