QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside the Glens Falls Center on Wednesday. Read More

This afternoon, on Wednesday, November 28, nursing home caregivers will be picketing at Glens Falls Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing (formerly The Stanton Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.) Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will shed light on the corporate owner’s lack of attention to safe staffing, decent wages and benefits, and its impact on quality resident care. They will be outside the facility from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. at 152 Sherman Ave, in Glens Falls. Read More

A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January. Read More

Check out our victories from the general election and next steps in shaping our issues platform. Read More

The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers on October 29th. Read More

This week we welcome more than 50 new members at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens into the 1199SEIU family. Read More

During his first term as governor in a Democratic state, Republican Larry Hogan has made it his mission not to cause too many waves in hopes of being re-elected for a second term. Read More

Community members, healthcare organizations and elected officials are struggling together in efforts to contain a national opioid epidemic that’s already claimed thousands of lives. Read More

It’s well-known that healthcare workers face some of the highest rates of accidental injury on the job, but it’s less well-known that health and social service workers are facing significantly increasing risk of on the- job violence. A toxic cocktail of understaffing, inadequate policy and mentally and emotionally unstable patients can have deadly results. Read More

Today, there are many workers in 1199SEIU shops who can talk about workplace conditions before the nation’s most powerful healthcare union organized their institution. But there may be only one active member who can talk about circumstances in the workplace before 1199 was a hospital workers’ union. Read More

1199SEIU President George Gresham has released the following statement regarding the tragic shootings in Jeffersonville, KY and Pittsburgh, PA: Read More

World traveler, activist, union leader and cancer survivor. These are just a few words to describe Marilyn Ralat Albernas. Read More

Tired of being treated like second class citizens, 199SEIU nursing home workers in New York and New Jersey are bringing fire to contract negotiations and demanding equal treatment for the work they do. Read More

1199 members interviewed numerous candidates running for elected office in Maryland. Listed below are the approved recommendations. Read More

In its slick advertising campaign, NYU Langone Medical Center promises the institution is #MadeForNY. 1199ers want to know exactly which New York because it sure isn’t one for working people. Read More

Last year, when 1199SEIU and the University of Miami Hospital (UMH) began bargaining wages for the first year of the three-year collective bargaining agreement, the hospital was $64M in debt and hemorrhaging experienced staff. By collaborating with UMH, 1199ers this summer successfully completed a wage reopener of last year’s contract that includes raises for most of the bargaining unit and paves a new path to address patient care, the institution’s infrastructural needs, and retention of highly skilled staff. Read More

Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More

Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More

Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More

Join us to knock on doors and get out the vote for Andrew Gillum for Governor and other candidates who will help protect our freedom to come together as a union, earn good wages, access quality affordable healthcare and secure affordable housing. Read More