1199 Magazine

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East member political organizers (MPOs) played a big part in recent election victories. From President-Elect Joe Biden’s historic win to the approval of Amendment 2 giving 2.5 million Floridians a path to a $15 minimum wage, the comprehensive voter turnout campaign waged by 1199SEIU MPOs contributed to the record number of voters who cast ballots. Read More

When 1199 became the first Union to oppose the war in Vietnam, it did not represent the views of the leadership alone, but also large sections of the membership. That made it possible for 1199 Executive Secretary Moe Foner to play a leading role in organizing the 1965 Leadership Assembly for Peace in Chicago. Read More

All sessions will focus on key health issues to include: Fundamentals, Known and Unknown Factors, Impact, Safety and Preparedness. Read More

We have a new President and Vice-President-Elect, and their names are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! In the midst of a global pandemic, your hard work, dedication, and determination for change gave birth to a mandate for an America that works for all working people. Read More

Tomorrow is election day. It’s the last push to the polls in an election that could be a turning point for Floridians and all Americans. Eva Nolasco, an endo-technician at a Southwest Florida hospital, knows this well because she’s been working as a member political organizer with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East for months to help get out the LatinX vote. Read More

Hospitals don’t stay in good working order on their own. It takes crews of experienced professionals who can manage complicated systems, fix problems as they arise, and maintain an environment that is safe, healthy and comfortable. Read More

We never know where life’s path may lead: Registered Nurse Vinnie Ioele is living proof of how much things can change. Read More

I am the uncle of Jacob Blake, whom you’ve likely heard of because in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob lives, a policeman shot him in the back seven times as he returned to his car to protect his children inside. Read More

From its founding, 1199’s commitment to social and economic justice led it to the political arena. Founded in 1932 as a drug workers’ union during the nation’s Great Depression, 1199 was a staunch supporter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. Read More

Election Day is just a few days away, and with its results, the fate of our country and a world already engulfed in chaos—a world that’s literally burning down is some places—as Donald Trump, his allies, and his administration drive the chaos. Read More

Contrary to popular belief, the streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Side are not paved with gold. And the 1199 members who work at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (LHNH) know that very well. Read More

Member political organizer (MPO) Sophia Colley remembers when the Obama Administration, led by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, delivered the historic Affordable Care Act to provide quality, accessible healthcare coverage for millions of Americans who had been otherwise uncovered and vulnerable. Read More

Compassion: It's at the heart of the care our 1199 PCAs provide Read More

1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights. As of October 26, nearly 20,000 of 450,000 1199SEIU members in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, Maryland and Washington, DC had already voted. And those numbers are inching up by the hour. Read More

1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights. As of October 26, nearly 20,000 of 450,000 1199SEIU members in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, Maryland and Washington, DC had already voted. And those numbers are inching up by the hour. Read More

The entire Maryland/DC Division of 1199SEIU offered congratulations to long term care member Pat Walker, who in early September was named a Healthcare Hero by the Health Facilities Association of Maryland. Read More

Dozens of workers at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC) in Niagara Falls, NY held an informational picket Sept. 30 to call attention to short staffing at the institution that they say has grown so bad that it’s endangering patient care and taking a severe emotional toll oncaregivers. Read More

In September, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a package of nursing home reforms that will have significant impact for caregivers and their patients. The bill commits significant resources to assist New Jersey’s nursing homes, which have the highest rate of coronavirus cases per facility in the nation and account or half of all COVID-19 deaths in the state. Read More

It’s the final stretch before the November 3 election and CNA Kaydra Bonamy is on a mission to get Floridians to vote. As a member political organizer with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, she’s working hard calling voters to educate and inform them about how critical this election is for working families. Read More

Members at Baltimore’s Fayette Health and Rehabilitation Center in September won a strong contract, even as they faced COVID-19 challenges. 1199SEIU represents some 60 members at Fayette, including GNAs, EVS, Unit Clerks, Maintenance, Central Sterile Supply, and Rehab Aids. Read More