This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal and 8-year-old Felipe Alonzo-Gomez in United States immigration custody. Both deaths prompted demands for improving healthcare for immigrants in detention. Read More
Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory over 16 other candidates in a free-for-all race that could give him a platform to seek higher office. Read More
1199SEIU and the National Benefit Fund are again making available a free tax prep program for members, so they can pay only the taxes they owe and apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax refund for low-to-moderate income families. Read More
Over the last several years, Western New York has seen a marked increase in the number of for-profit nursing homes owned by out-of-town operators. Read More
ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was a direct attack on public-employee unions by conservatives who wanted to see their power diminished. Read More
Brenda Anderson has worked as an LPN in Buffalo nursing homes for 25 years, and for most of them she’s been a union delegate. Read More
Residents of Ward 7 and 8 deserve a full-service hospital with specialty services like cardiac and cancer care. There is no guarantee these will be offered at the new hospital. These residents may now have to travel 30-45 minutes to Foggy Bottom for high-risk services. Read More
Central Sterile Technicians (CSTs) are responsible for the decontamination, cleaning, sterilization, packaging, and distribution of surgical and medical supplies. At Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton, MA, a department of 10 techs works round the-clock to ensure the safety and health of patients and staff. Good Sam CSTs handle all manner of surgical equipment—from clamps to pieces of surgical robots. The department also services a number of Boston-area hospitals, ensuring that some of the world’s most advanced medical care is performed in healthy and safe environments. Read More
In early January, nurses and other healthcare employees who work at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Central and South Florida overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have cut their existing benefits. Read More
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued four late December decisions affirming a judge’s 2016 rulings that New Jersey’s Alaris Health engaged in unlawful behavior towards employees who went on strike in 2014. Read More
Mt. Kisco- NY-Dozens of service and maintenance workers at the Northern Westchester Hospital gathered with family and supporters for an informational picket to demand a fair contract and an end to management stalling. More than 200 workers at the hospital are making substantially less than their counterparts at other Northwell Network facilities. Living expenses in Westchester County are among the highest in the State of New York, if not the nation. One of the workers who struggles to make ends meet is Edson Gregorio, nursing assistant in Northern Westchester’s operating room. “We are being ridiculously underpaid. I’ve been working here 10 years. We are just trying to get the same pay as all the other Northwell hospitals.”
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Did you know Florida’s Medicaid program leaves behind about 700,000 Floridians every year? Through the Affordable Care Act, states have the opportunity to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and families who can’t afford health insurance. This would save Florida over $500 million. Read More
Healthcare workers braved the cold to participate in the parade and dance on 1199 and NYSNA's float. Read More
President Trump taught us a few lessons when he shut down much of the federal government for several weeks, beginning during the holidays. We learned that he was willing to blackmail taxpayers into giving him $5.7 billion to start building his beloved wall. (The same one he promised that Mexico would pay for.) We learned—once again—that he doesn’t know how the government works. (After his first two years in office treating Congress as his servants, he now faces a Democraticled House of Representatives that knows Congress is a separate, coequal branch under the Constitution.) Read More
Hundreds of 1199ers from across New York State braved a blizzard on February 12 to travel to Albany and press their elected representatives to increase access to affordable, high quality health care for all.
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Join us as we go to Albany and urge lawmakers to fight for our top legislative priorities in the 2019-2020 state budget. Our priorities include making New York healthier, more affordable for working people, more democratic, fairer, and safer. Let your voice be heard! Read More
Your zipcode should not determine the quality of care. Over time, Medicaid and Medicare funding has failed to keep up with increased costs. We thank the Legislature for enacting the Health Care Transformation Fund last year, which is providing for Medicaid rate increases for the first time in 10 years. There is an opportunity to build on that progress this year by increasing the Medicaid Global Cap by 3.6%. In addition, the Legislature should insure that any reforms to the Indigent Care Pool should not harm the safety net institutions, including private ones, that care for the uninsured and Medicaid patients.
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Nurses and other healthcare employees who work at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Central and South Florida have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have cut their existing benefits. Read More
