As a union of healthcare workers, patient satisfaction is our highest calling. This is best secured by ensuring a highly motivated workforce with a strong voice in the workplace. We have fought to have a voice in patient care and in the workplace as a whole.
To that end, 1199SEIU works with employers, elected officials and healthcare advocates to improve the quality of healthcare and to make it available to all.
Through our efforts, we have helped secure billions of dollars in healthcare funding in New York State alone, with similar wins, though on a smaller scale, throughout regions we serve. We continue our work to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and advance legislation that expands access to quality care for all.
Jun 8, 2012
More than 60 nursing home caregivers at Oak Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center picketed in front of their nursing home today to pro...
Jun 5, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, June 4, 2012, 4:30 PM EST
Contact: Jeff Hall, 617-281-8384, jeff.hall@1199.org
May 31, 2012
Caregivers across New Jersey picketed their workplaces on May 30 to protest the potential loss of health benefits crucial for keeping th...
May 25, 2012
Caregivers gathered for a vigil in front of Delaire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center today in Linden to demand a fair contract for the ...
Apr 26, 2012
A group of New Jersey lawmakers joined home health aides in Roselle Park Wednesday to protest a move by their employer to cut workers? h...
Apr 18, 2012
1199SEIU Delegates and employers from 19 Brooklyn hospitals and nursing homes met in Manhattan on April 12 for the Health Care Reform Le...
Apr 16, 2012
On March 25, 1199SEIU President George Gresham wrote an Op-Ed article celebrating the second anniversary of the passage of the Affordabl...
Apr 5, 2012
Approximately 165 caregivers from two nursing homes owned by NuVision Management, Inc. in New Jersey have accepted a settlement reached ...
Mar 26, 2012
As the Supreme Court prepares to take up the constitutionality of the national health care reform law this week, on the two-year anniver...
Mar 21, 2012
1199SEIU caregivers from New Vista Nursing and Rehab Center in Newark rallied in front of their facility to demand a fair contract for w...