Caregivers Raise Concern Over Management’s Lack Of Healthcare Experience and Demand that University of Rochester Decision Makers Join Contract Talks As CEO Greg Hutton Refuses To Face Workers At Bargaining Table Read More
Recent changes in federal law mean that ICE is permitted to raid healthcare facilities. Read More
The members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Worker East send our deepest thoughts, concerns and wishes to the nurse and her family after the terrible attack at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital. Read More
Caregivers Raise Serious Concerns Over Management’s Unwillingness To Settle Agreement As Calls Grow To Bring University of Rochester Decision Makers To Bargaining Table Read More
Yesterday, the House Budget Committee proposed a budget resolution that would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid and Medicare, the public health insurance programs that keep low-income and elderly Americans healthy. Read More
Caregivers Raise Concern Over Management’s Lack Of Healthcare Experience At Bargaining Table and Demand that U of R Decision Makers Join Contract Talks Immediately Read More
Today, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (“1199SEIU”) President George Gresham & the New York State Nurses Association(“NYSNA”) Executive Director Pat Kane, RN, issued the following statement regarding ICE raids in sensitive locations. Read More
Caregivers Raise Concern Over Inexperienced Management Negotiating Contract and Demand that CEO & President Greg Hutton Join Contract Talks to Settle Contract Read More
1199 League of Registered Nurses Office of Continuing Education Spring 2025 Offerings Read More
Caregivers Fighting Republican Plans to Gut Nation’s Largest Insurance Plan to Pay for Billionaire Tax Cuts Read More
Close to 600 caregivers at Peconic Bay Medical Center (“Peconic Bay”) are fighting for a fair contract. After months of negotiations where management has not agreed to the healthcare workers’ demand for equal pay for equal work—comparable to what their colleagues earn doing the exact same jobs at other Northwell institutions—the caregivers picketed the hospital today. Read More
1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More
UHealth Tower nurse Martha Wydra has many reasons to beam with pride these days. She recently graduated from NSU, Nova Southeastern University. She earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees simultaneously. As a working mother of four children, this was no easy feat. Read More
Investing in Care and Caregivers with our 2025-2026 State Legislative Agenda Read More
199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More
Union members won historic raises, kept pension, and began to rein in employee healthcare costs Read More
Everyone has rights, no matter their immigration status. Read More
Join 1199 in championing legislation to fight against the short staffing crisis, ensure healthcare workers are safe, well-compensated, and have a voice in the workplace, and that patients have the resources and support they need. Read More
More than 1,000 Florida nursing home workers now have a new contract. It was recently ratified after months of often intense negotiations between bargaining team members with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union representing healthcare workers in Florida and nursing home owner and operator Aspire Health Group, one of the biggest companies in the industry. Read More
The ICE raids in Newark yesterday—and elsewhere across the nation—are utterly appalling and shameful. Hardworking, law-abiding people, American citizens and residents alike, are being profiled and dragged violently out of their neighborhoods and places of work. This is in clear violation of due process and our constitution. Read More
