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.
Jan 29, 2015
Caregivers vote to strike to improve continuity of resident care and secure living wages and benefits for nursing home workers
Jan 23, 2015
On Tuesday, January 13, 200 healthcare workers at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center voted overwhelmingly to join with 1199SEIU. These...
Dec 22, 2014
In early December, 1199SEIU New York State political activists went to the nation?s Capitol in Washington, DC to meet with their Congres...
Dec 1, 2014
A world where World AIDS Day would honor those we?ve lost to AIDS and at the same time celebrate the disease?s eradication. While that d...
Nov 30, 2014
On Friday, March 7, Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) visited Baltimore during a press conference at 1199SEIU to encourage residents to get sign...
Nov 7, 2014
Healthcare workers cite role of higher-cost providers and underpayments by Medicaid/Medicare in closure of Quincy Medical Center
Oct 30, 2014
DORCHESTER, MA ? Leaders of the state?s largest union of healthcare workers issued the following statements today. The statements are fr...
Sep 23, 2014
NORTH ADAMS, MA ? 1199SEIU Exec. Vice President Veronica Turner has issued the following statement regarding a recent state-commissioned...
Sep 10, 2014
1199ers at four Alaris Health nursing homes in New Jersey have given notice to their employer of their intent to hold a series of three-...
Sep 10, 2014
In the Democratic Primary, the 275,000 New York State members of 1199SEIU proved their strength in the electoral arena once again throug...