Caregivers postpone strike as management returns to the bargaining table. Read More

Damian Rivera, a union delegate (shop steward) and CNA at Complete Care at Marcella Center in Burlington Twp., was fired the day after he and his co-workers attempted to bring health and safety concerns to management. Read More

Probationary Caregivers At Local Facility Written Up By St. Louis Based Ascension Living, 1199SEIU Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Today Read More

It’s time for New York to invest in this critical workforce, not ignore the plight of tens of thousands of home care workers—the vast majority of whom are women of color and are living on the brink of poverty. Read More

The Florida Legislature has wrapped up its session for 2022. Unfortunately, the Legislature spent most of its time either ignoring the needs of working people in the state or actively attacking them. For nursing home workers and residents, there is both very good and very bad news. Read More

Union members outlined 5 priorities for new contract, including increased staffing and wages, job security, restoring dignity and respect on the job, and no concessions at first bargaining session. Read More

At a 4:00 pm press conference, bargaining committee will provide a debrief on their first meeting with Kaleida and workers’ key goals for new contract. Read More

Dunkirk, NY – About 150 healthcare workers are celebrating a contract victory this week at Brooks Memorial/TLC Health Systems. Caregivers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More

Caregivers who held one‐day strike form coalition with Clergy, NY and Missouri Labor Unions to bring their contract fight to the steps of Ascension Living Headquarters Read More

Healthcare Workers, Patients, Seniors and Retirees, Elected Officials and More Say Connecticut-based Nuvance Health Is Destroying Their Community Hospital Read More

Since the pandemic, more and more members are taking advantage of the free therapy provided by the Union benefit fund to come to terms with mental stress. Read More

Statement of George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation’s largest healthcare union: Read More

Caregivers are demanding competitive wages and better staffing levels from Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace, a subsidiary of one of the largest Catholic Health systems in the United States1 based in St. Louis, Missouri. Read More

The healthcare field has long attracted recent U.S. immigrants, who bring their skills and commitment from around the world. To help ensure that Union members enjoy all the benefits and privileges of living in this country, the 1199 Citizenship program was set up more than 20 years ago. Read More

As this Magazine goes to press, the country is approaching a grim milestone. March 16 will be the second anniversary of New York City schools being shut down and workers at most non-essential businesses being ordered to work from home. This day marked the beginning of what became known as the ‘lockdown’. Hopes for a return to normal were first dashed by the Delta variant and more recently by Omicron. Healthcare workers on the frontlines have always been the essential workers most at risk of contracting the virus themselves. Read More

Lewiston, NY – More than 150 nursing home workers at Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston will strike in demand for competitive wages and better staffing levels on Wednesday, March 9th. Negotiations between St. Louis based Ascension Living’s management and union workers broke down over economic issues this week. The nursing home workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More

In 2019, 1199 filed a class action grievance against forty-two home care agencies on behalf of current and former bargaining unit members represented by 1199. The grievance alleged that employers violated their CBAs and state and federal wage and hour laws, including by not always paying for interruptions to sleep and meal times on 24-hour cases, not paying overtime under federal law between January 2015 and October 2015, and not paying travel time prior to 2015. Under the CBA, the grievance proceeded to mediation and then arbitration. Pursuant to the CBA, the Arbitrator must apply applicable state and federal law. Read More

NEW YORK – An arbitrator has issued an historic $30 million arbitration award covering more than 100,000 current and former 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East bargaining unit members employed at 42 home care agencies. Read More

“I’ve always been interested in science and helping people,” says Yvette Vasquez, “so naturally where the two combined is the medical field,” she says. But finding her current position as an Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), came with detours. “I’m a germaphobe, and I don’t like needles, so I couldn’t be a nurse. Then I did a year of social work in college, but I realized I’m way too emotional for that—I couldn’t adopt everyone.” Vasquez landed on becoming an OTA because “I had an occupational therapist after a surgery I had as a child.” She wanted to be able to give back the same level of quality care she received at the time. Read More

When Kora Yaineneh, an 1199SEIU RN first arrived in the U.S. from her native Gambia in 1990, she spent a few weeks at 333 East 181st Street, in the home of Abdoulie Touray. In keeping with Gambian tradition, Yaineneh did not join her husband who had already found a job and a home in New York, until she had spent time in Touray’s house becoming oriented. Read More