We are 1199SEIU healthcare workers who live and work in 17 counties from the northern suburbs of New York City on both sides of the Hudson River—Westchester and Rockland counties—as well as the rural and semi-rural Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, and Greene counties, up the Hudson to the capital city of Albany, as far north as the southern Adirondacks, and as far west as Gloversville in the eastern Mohawk Valley.
We are approximately 17,000 members who work at hospitals and nursing homes and clinics, pharmacies, and community-based organizations.
Feb 14, 2020
Today we welcome the clerical workers at Vassar Nuvance Medical Practice into the 1199SEIU family. They will join their service worker…
Feb 12, 2020
Background: In December, when The Lutheran Care Network (TLCN), owners of Good Samaritan & Kenwood Manor in Delmar filed for bankruptcy,…
Jan 7, 2020
This week we welcome nearly 225 new members from Health Alliance Hospital into the 1199SEIU family.
Oct 22, 2019
Albany, NY The uncertainty and the drama continue. Just yesterday, October 21, the health caregivers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and…
Aug 29, 2019
Today we welcome 18 skilled maintenance workers from Health Alliance Hospital into the 1199SEIU family. They will join thousands of service…
Aug 22, 2019
Today, Thursday, August 22, nursing home caregivers will be picketing at The Pines At Poughkeepsie Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation.…
May 30, 2019
We are proud to welcome 38 new members who work as Laboratory Technologists at the Health Quest facility attached to Vassar Brother Hospital…
Apr 2, 2019
The proposed $550 million in Medicaid cuts ($1.1 billion with Federal matching funds) have been restored to the State budget, and there is…
Mar 22, 2019
We showed up and showed out on Tuesday in Albany to fight the proposed Medicaid cuts that are threatening our ability to provide high…
Feb 20, 2019
Mt. Kisco- NY-Dozens of service and maintenance workers at the Northern Westchester Hospital gathered with family and supporters for an…