Lewiston, NY - Yesterday, the three separate bargaining units represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year agreement with Mount St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston. More than 350 union healthcare workers at the hospital are covered by the new contract, which includes nurses, service and maintenance workers, technical workers, and other professional staff. Read More
Buffalo, NY – More than 600 Nursing Home Workers at four for-profit facilities overwhelmingly ratified a 3-year contract last week, while workers at 5 facilities
overwhelmingly voted to authorize 5-day strikes in the fight for a fair contract. Caregivers are part of a joint campaign of more than 1,200 nursing home workers at 12 for-profit facilities across Western New York who held oneday strikes mid-July. Nursing Home workers are represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
Who: 1199SEIU members at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Labor and Community Leaders, Elected Leaders Expected: Congressman-elect Pat Ryan, US Senator Gillibrand (representative), Senator Michelle Hinchey, Assemblywoman Didi Barrett, Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson, Hudson Common Council President, Tom Depietro, Columbia County Supervisors Linda Mussmann and Michael Chameides Read More
Veteran organizer, advocate and activist will lead 1199’s political program, representing over 70,000 caregivers in Massachusetts Read More
BUFFALO, NY -- Starting on September 13th until September 15th, more than 6,300 union healthcare workers employed by Kaleida Health, represented by CWA and 1199SEIU, will vote on whether to authorize a strike after months of contract negotiations. Having already extended their contract twice, and following last week’s informational picket calling out critical staffing shortages jeopardizing patient care, Kaleida health employees are demanding a swift resolution from the largest hospital system in Western New York. Read More
With over 450,000 members throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, and Washington, DC, 1199SEIU is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in the nation. Since our founding in 1932, our mission has been to stand up for quality healthcare, good jobs and social justice for all. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called 1199 his favorite union and referred to us as “the authentic conscience of the labor movement." Read More
Nuvance Healthcare Workers, Members of 1199SEIU, To Lead Car Caravan in The Hudson Valley & Western CT:
Is Nuvance Bad For The Health of Our Community?
“It’s time that Hudson Valley residents who count on out-of state Nuvance Health—and hospital and community leaders who have the best interests of community health in mind, know what’s really happening. We are pulling back the opaque curtain and letting some light in.” Angela Lane, Vice President, 1199SEIU Read More
CWA, 1199SEIU to Hold Informational Picket Calling on Kaleida Health to Provide Fair Contract that Supports Workers, Addresses Critical Understaffing Read More
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East has access to TicketsatWork, the leading Employee Perks & Discount program in the Nation! Read More
Over 500 registered nurses unite to win a collective voice to improve patient care and working conditions. Read More
Statement From Florida Caregiver Kenzi Stewart On Florida Governor’s Interference
In Medical Decisions Between Doctors, Parents, Transgender Youth Read More
Kaleida Health Union Workers Deliver 10-day Notice to Hospital for Informational Picket Calling Attention to Deteriorating Conditions for Staff, Patients Read More
Buffalo, NY – Kaleida healthcare workers represented by CWA and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East announced Friday they will not be extending their contract past the Sunday, July 31st deadline following two previous extensions. Citing the strong progress that has been made in the last four months of bargaining, committee members instead plan to meet five days a week with Kaleida representatives beginning Monday, August 1, to reach a fair contract for workers as soon as possible. Read More
WHY: More than 100 nursing home workers at Corning Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in Corning will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, July 13th from 1:00pm-4:00pm in demand for better wages. Long-term caregivers have been working without a union contract since May 31st following a one-month extension of their 18-month contract. Healthcare workers are represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in the country. Read More
WHY: More than 1,000 long term caregivers at now 9 for-profit nursing homes across Western New York whose union contracts expired will hold one-day strikes in demand for fair wages. Caregivers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are asking for a $15 minimum wage for service workers, higher start rates for new employees, and standardized wage scales based on experience. Caregivers say wage improvements within all four ownership groups (covering 9 facilities) are needed to retain experienced workers to care for residents, but also to recruit new workers to help with critically understaffed facilities. Read More
