Boston, MA (July 18, 2017) - Marlishia Aho, Communications Director of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, issued the following statement in response to the Health Policy Commission’s (HPC) Cost Market Impact Report (CMIR) report on the proposed BI/Lahey/Seacoast merger: Read More

Livingston Hills Nursing Home has performed "much below average" on staffing measures available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) (see attached document). At the same time, the owners offer below market wages and benefits—and there have been consequences. While required by CMS, the nursing home has not submitted recent staffing data, however, caregivers report a revolving door of staff, with dedicated and qualified workers leaving as soon as they find a job with improved pay and a better work environment. Read More

On Monday, May 21st, our Negotiating Committee gave its list of demands for a new, fair contract to Management from the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York. Read More

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East played a key role in Maryland’s primary election yesterday, helping union-endorsed candidates win several important races, including Ben Jealous as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee. The results demonstrate the power of workers standing together. Read More

The 1199 Professional & Technical Department held a union-wide meeting for Certified Substance Abuse Counselors (CASAC) on April 24 at 1199’s Manhattan headquarters. Read More

Since collective bargaining rights were written into law eight decades ago there hasn’t been such a hostile political environment for workers to negotiate contracts with their employers. Prior to that period, “labor relations” were often dictated by gun thugs and other hirelings at the service of Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, the coal barons of West Virginia and Kentucky, and their corporate brethren. Read More

As attacks against our labor movement intensify, 1199 is responding on various fronts, chief among them the stepping up of its leadership education and training. Read More

Benefits under threat, NYU Langone workers stand up to the healthcare mega system. Read More

1199SEIU’s collective bargaining agreement with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes covers some 80,000 workers in lower New York State. Read More

Whether it was Lower Manhattan or in Los Angeles, labor leaders and activists took to the streets to protest the White House’s immigration policies. Read More

Dozens of educators and members of 1199 SEIU gathered Sunday afternoon with Bronx Council Member Andy King and 1199 SEIU President George Gresham for the street renaming ceremony for Gresham’s late wife, educator and community advocate Sandy E. Gresham. Read More

Something the Republicans have wanted to do since the Clinton administration might come to fruition under Trump. It’s made American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten furious. Read More

A U.S. Supreme Court decision Wednesday prohibiting public-sector unions from charging nonmembers "fair share" fees for representing the workers in collective bargaining could weaken New York's health care unions. Read More

Healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, say that “the recent tragic death of a nursing home resident at Emerald South shines a light on ongoing quality care concerns at many Western New York for-profit nursing homes.” Read More

Buffalo, N.Y. (WKBW) - A rally was held Thursday on the front lawn of the Emerald South nursing and rehabilitation center on Delaware Avenue. The message: change is needed. Read More

Elections can be chaotic affairs. The fliers. The endorsements. The problems at the polls. At the end of the night, what have we actually learned? Here are five takeaways from Maryland’s primary election. Read More

New Jersey—In response to today’s Supreme Court decision on Janus vs. AFSCME, Milly Silva, Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has issued the following statement: Read More

New York, NY- 1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement regarding the United States Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on Janus vs. AFSCME: Read More

Today we welcome more than 70 new members at Whittier Street Health Center on the southside of Boston, Massachusetts into the 1199SEIU family. Read More

President Donald Trump still wants to deny due process to unauthorized immigrants crossing the United States border, sending a pair of Monday morning tweets criticizing the idea of hiring more immigration judges to process cases faster. Read More