Protect Our Patients by winning better staffing and building strong workplace committees.
Improve Our Jobs with the wages, benefits, education opportunities and rights that healthcare workers and our families deserve.
Unite All Healthcare Workers so that we have the strength to make sure the Florida healthcare industry puts patients and workers first.
Make Sure Our Voices Are Heard in Government so that we can win safe staffing ratios, protect healthcare funding, advance quality care and improve our communities.
1199SEIU Florida Region Rank & File Representatives to 1199SEIU Executive Council:
Long Term Care
Cloreta Morgan, CNA, Unity Health & Rehab Center, Miami
Micheline Louis Charles, Activities, Fountainhead Care Center, Miami
Pearl Gooden, CNA, Delta Rehab Center, Tampa
Health Systems
Frank Genung, RN, St Marys Medical Center, West Palm Beach
Janelle Manigault, LPN, St Petersburg General Hospital, St Petersburg
Patricia Sheran-Diaz, RN, University Hospital, Tamarac
News Feed
All union members in the BMC Union Coalition support their siblings and urge BMC management to reach settlement now to invest in good jobs and quality care. Read More
1199ers vote to authorize an one day strike at BMC Read More
Healthcare Workers Demand State Leaders Prioritize Healthcare Funding To Prevent Hospital, Clinic & Nursing Home Closures Read More
Over a hundred frontline home care workers from around the state joined State Senator Gustavo Rivera and other legislators in Albany earlier today to urge support for the Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act (S2332A/A2018A) that would save the state approximately $35 billion over ten years by transitioning home care services to a managed fee-for-service model with direct state oversight and improved transparency. Read More
Healthcare Workers Demand State Leaders Prioritize Healthcare Funding To Prevent Hospital, Clinic & Nursing Home Closures
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Governor Hochul’s budget on path to offset devastating Congressional Republican cuts to healthcare, but state leaders must act now to provide critical investments Read More
Area Coalition Demands State Leaders Prioritize Healthcare Funding After Congressional Republicans Claudia Tenney & Nick Langworthy Vote To Cut Healthcare - Risking Hospital, Clinic & Nursing Home Closures Across Western New York Read More
Caregivers Demand Fair Contract With Competitive Wages and Benefits to Help Retain and Recruit More Workers From One of America’s Top Places To Work Read More
Area Coalition Demands State Leaders Prioritize Healthcare Funding After Congressional Republicans Claudia Tenney & Nick Langworthy Vote To Cut Healthcare - Risking Hospital, Clinic & Nursing Home Closures Across Western New York Read More
Hospital workers at Mount St Mary’s Hospital and Lockport Memorial Hospital Began Contract Talks With Catholic Health Early January Read More
Rochester Regional’s Unity Living Center Workers Demand Fair Contract That Improves Staffing Levels At Not-For Profit Care Facility Read More
The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, an extraordinary leader whose contributions to the labor and civil rights movements bridged generations. Read More
Caregivers Demand For-Profit Owners Negotiate A Fair Contract That Invests in Workers And Improves Working Conditions Read More