BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Kaleida Health and its three unions could not come to an agreement on a new contract covering thousands of employees, the contract expired at 11:59 p.m. June 21st. Read More
Below is a statement from Milly Silva, Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU: Read More
1199SEIU Strongly Rejects Modified Nursing Home Staffing Bill A382, Assails No-Notice Committee Vote Read More
Large numbers of healthcare workers risk transmitting respiratory viruses to patients and co-workers by attending work even when they have symptoms, according to a new study. The study found that 95% of people working in healthcare settings have worked while sick, most often because the symptoms were mild or started during their workday. Read More
Union leadership and 4,000 delegates sworn in in Midtown ceremony. Read More
A bill that would permit undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses passed in the State Assembly Wednesday. Read More
It seems like getting sick will cost you an arm and a leg, literally. The on-going Healthcare and prescription drug catastrophe is a conversation and debate that will continue until Washington comes up with some resolution. Who are the people that suffer? You bet your bottom dollar, the American people. Read More
The New York State Legislature is considering a bill which, if enacted, would limit patient hospital choice and hurt hospital systems serving vulnerable patients while padding the pockets of for profit insurance companies. Read More
Find out everything you need to know about buying a home - or keeping the one you're in - at our next 1199SEIU Financial Wellness and Home Mortgage workshop. Read More
1199SEIU released the following statement today praising a landmark agreement reached this evening to help protect renters in New York State. Read More
Community advocates, medical professionals and labor leaders Monday urged Long Island’s state Senate delegation to support a bill legalizing recreational marijuana, with the state legislative session expected to conclude in nine days. Read More
Landlords and developers, fending off a new Democratic majority and proposed rent laws, have adopted some of the tactics of their progressive critics. Read More
1199SEIU represents over 700 Registered Nurses at Brooklyn’s Brookdale Medical Center and its associated long term care facility, the Shulman and Schachne Institute. Read More
Hundreds of 1199SEIU retirees gathered in Orlando, FL on April 16 to shake a tail feather and celebrate the Division’s growth. The Union’s Retiree Division represents over 60,000 retired but active members and is the Union’s fastest growing division. Read More
Safe and affordable housing is foundational for physical and mental health, affirmed a recent study by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Yet across all 1199's regions, members are facing increasingly tight
housing markets in which wages lag behind rent and other housing costs. Read More
The Maryland/DC Division of 1199 recently threw a special housewarming party for Johns Hopkins floor tech Simone Hicks, who this spring moved into a new place after losing her family home to predatory lending. Read More
The Union, Funds and management came together in 1199’s Cherkasy Davis Conference Center on April 17 to celebrate winners of the 2019 Basil Paterson Scholarship. The program is named for 1199’s great friend, labor lawyer Basil A. Paterson. Mr. Paterson, an attorney for nearly five decades, spent 20 years as counsel for 1199SEIU and was a tireless advocate for homecare workers. Read More
Together with Brookdale Hospital, the NYC Department of Health and the One Brooklyn Health System, 1199 hosted a summit on April 27 to educate and mobilize East Brooklyn’s communities around health care and economic justice. Read More
Under New York State law, hospital pharmacy technicians have for decades been allowed to mix batches of medication under the direction of a licensed pharmacist. Read More
Nursing home workers pushed to the edge by out-of-state owners not committed to communities they serve Read More
