Jan 14, 2022
“Whenever I felt despair, I thought about my family. It was my Mom who sustained me,” says Jon-Adrian Velazquez, who was finally released on…
Jan 7, 2022
Working in the healthcare profession, many 1199ers continued to battle the effects of COVID-19 in their institutions throughout 2021 despite…
Jan 6, 2022
More than 70 Home Care members from New York and Massachusetts traveled to Washington, DC on November 16 to join a national rally
attended…
Jan 6, 2022
Every employee expects a grace period when they first start a new job. No one expects that a new employee should be operating with
the same…
Jan 6, 2022
It is said that: “The race is not given to the swift or to the strong, but to the one who endures to the end.” This has rarely been more apt…
Jan 6, 2022
On October 26 and 27, 1199 members at Nuvance / Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, and Nuvance/Putnam Hospital in Carmel, NY,…
Jan 6, 2022
The holiday season is upon us. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Eid Al-Fitr, or none of the above, this time of the year…
Jan 6, 2022
The willingness to stand up for ourselves and our co-workers up to and including withholding our labor when necessary–no matter how long our…
Oct 29, 2021
It was a long and winding road to get there, but 1199 members negotiating with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes moved management…
Oct 29, 2021
From the moment COVID-19 vaccines became available last December, 1199SEIU has been urging its members to get the injection to protect…
