1199 Magazine

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Oct 29, 2021
Bargaining the contracts that determine the wages and conditions of tens of thousands of 1199 nursing home members in the New York City…
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Oct 29, 2021
1199SEIU members at two New Jersey nursing homes held pickets on July 29 to protest the sale of their facilities and cuts to their health…
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Oct 21, 2021
These are hard times for working people. Good paying jobs with benefits are scarce. Employers continue to dig in their heels against union…
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Oct 21, 2021
The phrase Information Superhighway was first coined in the late 1970’s by U.S. Vice President Al Gore when the internet was in its infancy…
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Sep 21, 2021
1979 was the eleventh straight year that New York City’s labor movement had failed to sponsor a Labor Day parade. That year,1199 decided to…
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Sep 21, 2021
Long term care workers across Florida who have been on the front lines of the pandemic are uniting through their union, 1199SEIU United…
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Sep 21, 2021
A group of MDDC region workers this year marked Juneteenth with a dramatic action standing up for workers’ rights—and in keeping with the…
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Sep 21, 2021
RN Deb Montgomery was hired full-time by HCA Palms West Hospital in December 2019 and immediately joined 1199SEIU for the better pay and…
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Sep 16, 2021
At Wesley Gardens nursing home in Rochester, NY, 1199ers care for a broad range of patients—from seniors on a memory care unit to young…
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Sep 13, 2021
New York City loves a party. And on July 7, the city held a big one with a parade honoring the essential workers who sacrificed so much…



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