1199 Magazine

Unions Representing Patient Caregivers and Service Workers at URMC Issue 10-Day Notice For Strike At Largest Private Sector Employer in Upstate New York Read More

Senator Sean Ryan and Assemblymember William Conrad joined workers calling for fair settlement from the employer and adequate Medicaid reimbursements from the state. Read More

Caregivers are fighting for competitive wages from non-profit nursing home to recruit and retain more permanent staff to care for residents. Read More

1199SEIU Delivered 10-Day Notice To Schofield Residence Administrators Last Week To Hold Informational Picket Outside Kenmore Facility Read More

After months of protracted bargaining, healthcare workers at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, ratified a new contract agreement. Read More

99% of voting members authorize a strike lasting up to 2 days. Unions and management set to resume negotiations on November 28 as labor tensions escalate, URMC has an uptick in workers seeking union rights. Read More

Negotiations end abruptly today as NYS Senator Brouk urges leaders to avoid strike. Read More

National Apprenticeship Week Highlights Critical Need Read More

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the Board of Trustees of One Brooklyn Health (OBH) to appoint an Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Read More

1199SEIU supports the passage of An Act to improve quality and oversight of long-term care in the House Read More

Contract covering 1,800+ union workers expired last month escalating labor tensions at sixth largest employer in the state. Read More

Contract covering 1,800+ union workers expired last month escalating labor tensions at sixth largest employer in the state. Read More

“Our union of Florida healthcare workers are very proud of Ohio voters who have protected women’s reproductive rights and told partisan politicians to stay out of out of our very personal healthcare decisions. Read More

Negotiations Set to Resume Thursday With Federal Mediator At Bargaining Table Read More

New York State Assemblymember Meeks Calls on URMC To Settle Fair Agreement Read More

Registered Nurse Tonya Moore touches her patients in many ways. In addition to providing quality care to patients in UHealth Tower’s 11 South oncology department, Moore crochets hats, blankets and scarves for those who could use a thoughtful gift to help lift up their spirits. Read More

Marlyn Hoilette, a longtime member leader of 1199SEIU Florida and a registered nurse at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, took a top role at a national nurse conference and rally in Miami that highlighted the staffing, retention and care crisis in healthcare facilities across the country. Read More

Healthcare & Service Workers Demand Living Wage To Recruit & Retain More Staff While Leaders At University of Rochester Have Seen Their Salaries Nearly Double In Recent Years Read More

Informational Picket & Press Conference Set For This Week Called-Off After Downstate For-Profit Owners Began Paying Two of Three Owed Bonuses. Read More

“The selection of Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House—with unanimous Republican support—underscores how entirely out-of-step the Republican Party is with the American people. Rep. Johnson has a reprehensible voting record: he voted to gut nutrition programs for children, criminalize abortion, end Social Security, and eliminate the Violence Against Women Act. Read More