In the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Sept. 26, Sec. Clinton spent the better part of the evening fending off half truths and lies. Instead of debating the facts of his platform, Donald Trump resorted to bullying, yelling and personal insults. This was no surprise. Delivered in his bluster was a self-serving platform designed to benefit already-thriving multi-national corporations and the one percent. His positions would set working people back decades and endanger international relations. Read More

While the Baker Administration continues to move forward with its PCA overtime management policy, we remain concerned about the impact that the strict cap of 40 hours per week will have on consumers and on our lives. Together with our allies in the disability community, we will remain vigilant in our advocacy. Read More

Join 1199SEIU and the We Care for Haiti Committee in supporting the island’s recovery from Hurricane Matthew. Haiti is facing unthinkable situations across the island, with the death toll surpassing 800 lives and communities flooding to uninhabitable levels. Public health across the island is also affected, with new cholera outbreaks and rapidly expanding mosquito born diseases due to sanitation challenges and re-threatening infections from standing water. Read More

Healthcare workers at Start Treatment and Recovery Centers have voted overwhelmingly, by 93 votes to 37, to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More

Last week, 1199SEIU Massachusetts Executive Vice President Tyrék Lee Sr. sat down with Chris Lovett for Boston Neighborhood Network News to chat about the importance of the labor movement and voting in this year's election. Read More

When management at two New Jersey nursing homes proposed to cut back on sick time and other benefits for caregivers, 1199SEIU members and nursing homes residents sprung into action to defend good jobs by picketing at their facilities on September 28 and 29. Read More

Callen-Lorde workers have ratified their first contract with 1199SEIU. The terms of the three-year contract include improvements to employee wages, a new pay scale and several position-specific pay differentials. Additionally, Callen-Lorde has agreed to participate in the union’s Job Security and Training and Upgrading Funds. Nearly 200 Callen-Lorde employees, who are dedicated to caring for the LGBT community in NYC —including nurses, doctors, social workers, front desk and call center staff, and many others—at the center’s two locations in Chelsea voted to join 1199 in January 2015. Read More

Hospital workers at United Medical Center in Washington, DC marched into the Chief Financial Officer’s office in City Hall on September 28 to demand action on a collective bargaining agreement, including retroactive pay and raises going back five years. Read More

I consider myself the luckiest guy in the world, being able to serve 400,000 dedicated caregivers as president of our Union. Read More

Hundreds of 1199SEIU members and community allies came together in East Flatbush on September 22 to discuss how Brooklyn’s healthcare system could be pulled out of its current crisis and transformed into a sustainable resource that served the whole community. Read More

As President Obama held a Leaders Summit on Refugees during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, more than 150 members of 1199SEIU came together for a Labor Round Table on the refugee crisis at the union’s headquarters on the other side of town. Read More

On September 20, 2016, the NYS Department of Health held a public meeting in Newburgh, NY to discuss the consequences and solutions for dealing with the water supply, which has been contaminated with the highly toxic chemical Perflurooctane Sulfonate (PFOS). There are 1500 members of 1199SEIU in Newburgh, not to mention, thousands of their patients, family and friends. Read More

On September 21, 1199 members at University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown—formerly Maryland General Hospital—voted 136 to 7 in support of a strong new contract, winning significant gains for the membership and a path to $15 hourly minimum wages. Read More

1199SEIU healthcare workers have always been committed to defending clean drinking water, advocating for the health of our communities, and stopping climate change. Now, we are calling on our public officials to do the right thing by prohibiting a Texas-based corporation from polluting Seneca Lake in upstate New York. Our Executive Committee unanimously passed a resolution that: Read More

BOSTON, MA (September 21, 2016) Workers at Medical Resources Home Health Corp. overwhelmingly ratified a new two-year contract, the first contract at the company and the first contract with a private homecare provider in Massachusetts since the 2005 merger creating the current configuration of our union. Read More

On Tuesday, September 20, PCAs joined our allies in the disability and elderly communities to rally at the Massachusetts State House for a fair overtime management policy. While the Baker Administration continues to move forward with its implementation of the PCA overtime management policy, PCAs and consumers remain concerned about the impact that the strict cap of 40 hours per week will have on quality care and services. Read More

Expanding can be great for community, only if current staffing issues are resolved and there will be enough staff to meet needs of more patients. Read More

Living up to the reputation of “political powerhouse,” the hard work of 1199SEIU members once again played an important role in achieving victory for all seventeen of the 1199-backed candidates in the 2016 NYS Primary election. The endorsed candidates, almost all running for a seat in the Assembly or Senate, and all committed to the 1199 Action Platform, were supported with a door-to-door field effort and/or communications program. Read More

Living up to the reputation of “political powerhouse,” the hard work of 1199SEIU members once again played an important role in achieving victory for all seventeen of the 1199-backed candidates in the 2016 NYS Primary election. The endorsed candidates, almost all running for a seat in the Assembly or Senate, and all committed to the 1199 Action Platform, were supported with a door-to-door field effort and/or communications program. Read More