Florida members and delegates were among the first to join new 1199SEIU national leadership in a conversation about our union’s future when President Yvonne Armstrong hosted a multi-day listening tour in numerous locations in the state. Read More
Bargaining committee members of 1199SEIU are negotiating with Tenet Healthcare for a new contract that will stem rampant turnover and the staffing, retention and care crisis at the corporation’s four major hospitals in Palm Beach County. Read More
As a PAC contributor, you are invited to an exclusive Zoom call with Senator Cory Booker on Tuesday, 9/30 @ 7pm! On the eve of a potential gov’t shutdown, we will get the latest update on the fightback against healthcare cuts. RSVP by September 26 here: digital.1199seiu.org/BookerTownhall Read More
ORLANDO – Members of 1199SEIU joined a listening tour hosted by Central Florida Public Media and WMFE to share the many challenges and rewards of working in nursing homes and caring for the region’s elderly. Read More
Members and staff of 1199SEIU Florida made their voices heard this Labor Day in events spanning the state to tell elected officials that the needs of working families should come first, rather than giant tax breaks and other favors to billionaires and big business. Read More
An intensive two-day program focused on strategic organizing and advocacy for social and economic justice honoring late Vice President Bruce Popper who passed away in 2022 after 45 years leading the labor movement across Upstate Read More
We're excited to announce an exclusive Sweepstakes for PAC Payers! Read More
This Labor Day, South Florida healthcare workers and our communities who depend on them face a treacherous storm of massively slashed funding and menacing immigration tactics that will impact thousands of jobs and the delivery of critical care across the state. Read More
On Tuesday, August 12, workers at seven Planned Parenthood locations in Maryland voted to join 1199SEIU! Read More
Members of the National Guard, Customs and Border Patrol, the FBI, and others are patrolling DC as part of Donald Trump's attempted authoritarian power grab over the city. Read More
Upstate, NY - 1199SEIU was notified by New York State Department of Health and Living Legends/McGuire[1] management group that Absolut Care of Westfield submitted a plan of closure to the state in June. The employer failed to provide advanced notice to the union regarding its plan to close the 120-bed facility located in rural Chautauqua County. Read More
We don’t back down when any of us is under attack. We fight together, win together, and move forward together. Read More
A Republican member from Upstate New York describes how his political beliefs were shaped. Read More
In the early morning hours of July 24, after 30 hours of bargaining over two days, new members at Northwell Health’s Core Testing Facilities and Little Neck Parkway labs reached a tentative agreement in their first contract—averting strike action.
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New legislation amends NYS Public Health Law to protect healthcare workers by requiring hospitals and nursing homes to develop workplace violence safety and security prevention programs.
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Monnie Callan Way was unveiled on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on June 14, commemorating a much-admired former 1199 Delegate and Social Worker who fiercely defended workers’ rights throughout her life. Read More
