We are proud to endorse candidates who will fight for a healthy and equitable Maryland. We must elect representatives who will organize with us to build a city that works for working families. Read More
We are proud to endorse candidates who will fight for a healthy and equitable District of Columbia. We must elect representatives who will organize with us to build a city that works for working families. Read More
Lockport, NY - More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
WHY: More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
WHY: More than 50 nursing home workers are fighting for a fair contract following seven months of negotiations with Elderwood. Their union contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Lockport are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
Frontline workers seek union recognition to boost recruitment and retention efforts Read More
Join us for an evening of celebration and activism as we hear from our Members and Special Guest Speakers: Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center; and Stewart Kwoh, Founder and President Emeritus of Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles. Let’s continue to draw attention to our struggles, while committing to work to uplift our communities and forge cross-racial solidarity! Read More
We are all feeling tremendous sorrow following the mass shooting at our Jefferson Avenue Tops Supermarket on Saturday. We mourn for the victims lost in this act of racist violence and our hearts go out to our UFCW union family working in the store the day of this horrific tragedy. Read More
1199SEIU is appalled and heartbroken by the mass shooting today at a supermarket in Buffalo. Our hearts go out to our UFCW union family and all those impacted by this senseless act. Read More
Rochester, NY – More than 50 union Healthcare Workers at Anthony Jordan Health Care Center in Rochester voted to ratify a 2-year agreement with their employer this week following months of negotiations. Caregivers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
More than 70 nursing home workers hit hard during COVID-19 and critical short staffing are fighting for fair wages and a union contract. The 1-year contract extension for Service & Maintenance workers expired October 31, 2021 and the Licensed Practical Nurse contract expired December 31, 2021. Nursing home workers at Elderwood at Williamsville are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and have been bargaining with management for a new labor contract since early October of last year. Read More
ALBANY, NY (May 9, 2022) -- 1199SEIU healthcare workers – joined by State Senator Tim Kennedy, and Assemblyman Erik Dilan and a host of other lawmakers – today called for passage of the Reinvest in NY Healthcare Act to keep healthcare dollars in New York, instead of lining the pockets of insurance companies. Read More
Clara is a native of Alabama and started her education at Tuskegee Institute. She later completed her education at Emery Riddle University in Germany. Her career in the labor movement began as an organizer/educator with experience in all three sectors of labor (private, federal, and public). Read More
“A Supreme Court rollback of Roe vs. Wade would be a tragic loss of reproductive freedoms and healthcare for tens of millions of women in the United States, especially in states such as Florida that have passed extreme and intrusive laws curtailing women’s freedom and right to self-determination. Read More
La Sesión Legislativa del 2022 fue un reto significativo por que el gobernador y el liderazgo republicano continúan otorgando favores a las grandes compañías e intereses especiales al recortar la dotación de personal a los hogares para ancianos, y al atacar el voto, libertad de expresión y los derechos de salud reproductiva. Deberían de enfocarse en las prioridades de los floridanos de la clase trabajadora, como en crear buenos empleos que retengan a los héroes del cuidado médico. En lugar de eso, ellos se enfocan en amenazas imaginarias basadas en racismo y genero en un intento por dividirnos. Read More
The 2022 Florida Legislative Session was a significant challenge as the governor and Republican leadership continued to carve out favors for big business and special interests by cutting nursing home staffing, and attacking voting, free speech and reproductive healthcare rights. They should be focusing on priorities for working Floridians like creating good jobs that retain healthcare heroes. Instead, they focused on imaginary race based and gender-based threats in an attempt to divide us. Read More
“The explosion of cryptocurrency mining projects in communities across New York threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, our climate, our ecosystems and biodiversity. There is no public benefit to New Yorkers for using large amounts of our valuable energy resources to generate profit for a small number of wealthy private equity investors. Read More
Corning, NY - More than 400 healthcare workers at Guthrie Corning Hospital are celebrating a victory this week! Unionized healthcare workers reached an agreement with management before their current contract was set to expire on April 30, 2022, following a one-year extension. Yesterday, workers overwhelmingly voted to ratify the 3-year agreement. Caregivers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
“The members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East stand with lawmakers who protested the brazen manipulation of Florida’s Congressional District maps. Read More
When NYS Council of Churches head Rev. Peter Cook said last month that, “the time is up for paying these guardian angels a living wage,” he echoed what religious and other leaders said 60 years ago during the early years of 1199’s hospital organizing campaign. Read More
