Nearly 450 workers at Boston-based Fenway Health are now united in 1199SEIU, the fastest growing healthcare workers union in the state. Read More
Funding to build new modern micro-hospital in Northern Chautauqua County held up by New York State Department of Health more than 6 years while hospital workers continue to provide care at aging and outdated facility Read More
Advocates Demand an Independent Review of One Brooklyn Health System & Vital Brooklyn Read More
Funding to build new modern micro-hospital in Northern Chautauqua County held up by New York State Department of Health more than 6 years while hospital workers continue to provide care at aging and outdated facility. Read More
To help safeguard reproductive care in the state, contract focuses on boosting retention and recruitment with higher pay and increased training opportunities Read More
The members of 1199SEIU Florida approve and applaud the Biden Administration’s new proposed standards to better ensure quality care and to protect senior patients and their caregivers in nursing homes across the nation. Read More
1199SEIU, SEIU Local 200United & Largest Rochester Employer to continue contract talks next week. Read More
1199 Personal Care Attendants and the Healey-Driscoll Administration, have tentatively agreed on a new three-year contract that creates a pathway to $25/hour for Massachusetts' homecare workforce. Read More
Confronting climate chaos is necessary to improve health outcomes, an 1199 Delegate tells the EPA. Read More
Nearly 2,000 members in the nursing field at Boston Medical Center ratified a new three-year contract in June including a 20 percent wage increase for RNs, making them the highest-paid nurses in Boston at $93.65 per hour based on experience. Read More
On June 8, members who work at the ENGIE power plant at Georgetown University in Washington DC unanimously ratified a contract that raises wages by 13.5 percent over three years and codifies key safety guarantees. Read More
Members at kidney dialysis facilities run by Fresenius in New York City negotiated a new contract in June dating back to 2021. Read More
A group of 9th grade students from the Buffalo Academy of Visual and Performing Arts design came together this summer to paint a mural on conference room wall at 1199SEIU’s Buffalo office. Read More
EMS members call for improved safety measures. Read More
Recently, EMS workers have been in the spotlight after a recent violent attack. But the danger these members face does not deter them from doing the work that they love. Read More
1199 brought its fighting force to NJ to turn up the temperature at the table. Read More