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Unionwide Mobilizations Helped Foil ACA Repeal
Aug 17, 2017
PARTISANSHIP SUCCUMBED TO THE COMMON GOOD People power doesn’t sleep. The nation saw proof on July 28 at about 1:30 a.m. in the U.S. Senate,…
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Letters from Our Member
Aug 17, 2017
I’m a retired 1199 member and a person with a disability who is very relieved that the disastrous attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act…
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From The Himalayas To Upstate New York
Aug 16, 2017
In Rochester, NY, America’s immigration story is unfolding among a community of refugees from Asia’s mountain kingdom of Bhutan.
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Bronx Lebanon Community Stands Together in Wake of Shooting
Aug 16, 2017
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Housekeeper Dowaine Clarke thought he was going to die on June 30. “We were right next to a guy who had been shot and…
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The Work We Do: Westfield Center in Westfield, NJ
Aug 16, 2017
1199SEIU represents 102 members at Westfield Center, a nursing home in northeastern New Jersey. Workers at the institution care for seniors…
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Our Delegates: Southampton Hospital’s Janine Bassi
Aug 16, 2017
Janine Bassi did not start out as a union activist. In fact, she took some convincing before she could see the value of collective…
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We Oppose NYU’s Union-Busting Maneuvers
Aug 16, 2017
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in June issued a complaint against New York City’s prestigious NYU Langone Medical Center (NYU)…
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Jamaica Workers, Advocates for Others, Speak Up & Vote 1199
Aug 16, 2017
Patient navigators at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY voted unanimously for 1199 representation in an election held June 16.
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NJ Workers’ Tenacity Averts a Three-Home Strike
Aug 16, 2017
In the wee hours of June 23, some 270 members at three New Jersey nursing homes settled a hard-won contract settlement and averted a one-day…
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NJ Workers’ Tenacity Averts a Three-Home Strike
Aug 16, 2017
In the wee hours of June 23, some 270 members at three New Jersey nursing homes settled a hard-won contract settlement and averted a one-day…

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  •  Boston, MA (July 12, 2017) – In response to the strike by nurses at Tufts Medical Center, Tyrék D. Lee, Sr., Executive Vice President of Read More
  • Healthcare Workers, Members of 1199SEIU, to Picket Jewish Home of Central New York Required 10-Day Notice Delivered Late Last Week Date: W Read More
  • We are nurses in New York’s Hudson Valley who have been personally touched by the opioid epidemic besieging our communities. Read More
  • We are shocked by the senseless and horrific shooting that occurred at Bronx Lebanon Hospital on Friday. The mass shooting took the life of Read More
  • Healthcare Workers at The Grand at Pawling To Picket Nursing Home on Thursday, July 6 Below market union wages, unaffordable health benefits Read More
  • Anthony Rodgers Wright is an activist and policy director for the national nonprofit Environmental Action. He has presented the case for cli Read More
  • U. S. Census Bureau statistics indicate that one in five Americans is a person with a disability. Historically these persons have suffered i Read More
  • A relieved group of 1199SEIU members at Hudson Park Nursing Home in Albany, NY unanimously ratified a collective bargaining agreement in Apr Read More
  • In the wee hours of June 23, some 270 members at three New Jersey nursing homes settled a hard-won contract settlement and averted a one-day Read More
  • The Human Rights Campaign & the National LGBTQ Task Force 1199SEIU represents workers at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the National LG Read More
  • Bill Pigford, a Unit Specialist at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, MD, says he has no time for people who did not bother to v Read More
  • 1199SEIU’s Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus held its annual celebration on May 23 in the Union’s Cherkasky/Davis Penthouse. The ev Read More
  • Opponents of a plan to store gas near Seneca Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York declared a partial victory in mid-May when Read More
  • I’m so proud of 1199SEIU for many reasons, but one that I’m most proud about is our diversity. There are 19 countries in the world and I Read More
  • Healthcare Workers at Baptist Nursing Home in Scotia to Hold Informational Picket on Wednesday Mobile Billboard with Quality Care Message Wi Read More
  • Call your Member of Congress NOW and tell them: Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a plan in place to ensure access to healthcare Read More
  • Call your Member of Congress NOW and tell them: Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a plan in place to ensure access to healthcare Read More
  • Call your Member of Congress NOW and tell them: Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a plan in place to ensure access to healthcare Read More
  • Call your Member of Congress NOW and tell them: Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a plan in place to ensure access to healthcare Read More
  • Call your Member of Congress NOW and tell them: Do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a plan in place to ensure access to healthcare Read More