It’s well-known that healthcare workers face some of the highest rates of accidental injury on the job, but it’s less well-known that health and social service workers are facing significantly increasing risk of on the- job violence. A toxic cocktail of understaffing, inadequate policy and mentally and emotionally unstable patients can have deadly results. Read More
Today, there are many workers in 1199SEIU shops who can talk about workplace conditions before the nation’s most powerful healthcare union organized their institution. But there may be only one active member who can talk about circumstances in the workplace before 1199 was a hospital workers’ union. Read More
1199SEIU President George Gresham has released the following statement regarding the tragic shootings in Jeffersonville, KY and Pittsburgh, PA: Read More
World traveler, activist, union leader and cancer survivor. These are just a few words to describe Marilyn Ralat Albernas. Read More
Tired of being treated like second class citizens, 199SEIU nursing home workers in New York and New Jersey are bringing fire to contract negotiations and demanding equal treatment for the work they do. Read More
1199 members interviewed numerous candidates running for elected office in Maryland. Listed below are the approved recommendations. Read More
In its slick advertising campaign, NYU Langone Medical Center promises the institution is #MadeForNY. 1199ers want to know exactly which New York because it sure isn’t one for working people. Read More
Last year, when 1199SEIU and the University of Miami Hospital (UMH) began bargaining wages for the first year of the three-year collective bargaining agreement, the hospital was $64M in debt and hemorrhaging experienced staff. By collaborating with UMH, 1199ers this summer successfully completed a wage reopener of last year’s contract that includes raises for most of the bargaining unit and paves a new path to address patient care, the
institution’s infrastructural needs, and retention of highly skilled staff. Read More
Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
1199ers are fired up. Throughout electoral districts in 1199’s regions, Member Political Organizers (MPOs) and volunteers, including waves of Weekend Warriors, are knocking on doors, calling voters, handing out literature and joining hands with democratic and progressive allies to shake up state capitals and the U.S. Congress. Read More
“The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU are heartbroken for the children who have lost their lives due to the outbreak of adenovirus at Wanaque Center and express our deepest sympathies to their families. As we grieve, we are urgently seeking clarity from the facility administration regarding the processes being put in place to safeguard patients. Read More
Ray Flores is a 76-year-old retiree who previously worked at a New York hospital for many years before coming to Florida. Read More
Sisters and Brothers, there are only a few days to go before Election Day, when the fate of our families, communities and country will be decided. Read More
This proposed rule is an attack on all families and their right to vital services. Read More
This week more than 120 employees across 15 sites of Auburn Memorial Medical Services outside Syracuse, New York, voted by two to one to join the 1199SEIU family. On November 18, the RNs, LPNs, Medical Assistants, Clerical workers, Coders, Schedulers and X-ray technicians became part of the 1199SEIU family.
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Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More
