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.
May 4, 2018
One year ago today, the most unpopular bill in the history of healthcare passed the House: The American Health Care Act. Also known as…
Apr 26, 2018
Today we welcome more than 115 technical workers at Northern Westchester Hospital into the 1199SEIU family. They will now be able to…
Mar 22, 2018
Today we welcome Surgical Services Representatives and OR Scheduling Coordinators at Vassar Brothers Medical Center into the 1199SEIU…
Mar 8, 2018
It is a fact that we are facing well-funded efforts by extremist billionaires who are trying to block our ability to join unions and…
Jan 10, 2018
On Monday, January 8th, nurses and other caregivers braved the cold and held and informational picket in front of Sapphire at Goshen Nursing…
Jan 8, 2018
Goshen, NY-This month, Sapphire Nursing & Rehab at Goshen (formerly Elant at Goshen) is planning on laying off 10 of its Registered Nurses.…
Dec 27, 2017
Today we welcome nearly 100 new Professional and Clerical workers from Bon Secours Community Hospital into the 1199SEIU family. They will…
Nov 29, 2017
Over 170 healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, currently involved in contract negotiations at Fort…
Nov 13, 2017
Late Thursday afternoon, on November 9, one hundred nursing home workers at The Grand at Pawling, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare…
Nov 11, 2017
One hundred 1199SEIU members at The Grand at Pawling this week voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first collective bargaining agreement.…