Local Concern Growing as Medicaid—the Nation’s Largest Healthcare Insurance Program Serving Millions of Children, Seniors, and People With Disabilities—Faces Prospect of Massive Cuts Read More
Homecare Workers Feel Dedication and Hard Work Is Undervalued By Affiliate of Largest Private Sector Employer, University of Rochester Read More
The new 3-year labor contract covering over 450 caregivers at Steuben County’s major hospital includes more than 8% wage increases, pension improvements, quality health insurance coverage and more. Read More
Nursing Home Workers will decide soon whether to authorize strikes as contract talks continue for nearly 4,000 unionized workers at now 26 different long-term care facilities in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara Counties Read More
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Nursing Home Workers will decide soon whether to authorize strikes as contract talks continue for nearly 4,000 unionized workers at now 26 different long-term care facilities in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara Counties Read More
The existing 3-year labor contract covering over 450 caregivers at Steuben County’s major hospital was set to expire yesterday as workers demanded improved staffing levels and quality affordable health insurance Read More
The Jobs Committee at UHealth Tower, formerly University of Miami Hospital, has officially launched. The committee, which is comprised of a dozen union members, union staff and management, is looking at ways to address retention, wage compression, hiring practices and other relevant matters. Read More
1199SEIU nursing home workers at Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls overwhelmingly voted to ratify a 3-year labor contract today in a near unanimous vote, averting an informational picket. Read More
Contract talks for nearly 4,000 unionized workers at 26 different nursing homes in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara Counties Continue As Workers Around Region Began Strike Authorization Votes Today Read More
Contract talks for nearly 4,000 unionized workers at 27 different nursing homes in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara Counties Began Late February As Workers Around Region Begin Strike Votes Tomorrow Read More
Contract talks for nearly 4,000 unionized workers at 27 different nursing homes in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, and Niagara Counties Began Late February As Workers Around Region Begin Strike Votes Next Week Read More
While the billionaires try to plunder the social safety net, the Trump administration is working hard to convince working people their economic problems are caused by immigrants. Read More
1199 members protest threats to allow ICE enforcement agents inside treatment and clinical areas. Read More
Republican members are joining the fight against Medicaid cuts, as the Union mobilizes to protect the rights of working people. Read More
Workers at 11 different primary care locations who work for Optum Health Care in the Hudson Valley, NY (formerly known as Crystal Run Healthcare) voted overwhelmingly to join 1199 on February 25. Read More
Members in New York’s Hudson Valley ratified a contract with Columbia Memorial Hospital in early February which will include a 22.25 percent across the-board raise for more than 750 union members over the four years of the contract. Read More
1199 Licensed Creative Arts Therapists joined a coalition of their fellow practitioners, educators and advocates in Albany on March 10, to lobby New York State lawmakers on their patient’s behalf. Read More
The New Jersey nurses who formed a union with 1199 at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville voted to ratify their first contract in mid-February. They were the first group of RNs to successfully negotiate a contract in the Garden State in nearly a decade. Read More
