Apr 28, 2023
It was a crisp and sunny morning on March 21st, when thousands of 1199 members from all over New York State converged around the Capitol…
Apr 27, 2023
In 1959, a group of 5000 New York City drugstore workers made the audacious decision to organize the city’s hospital workers. It was…
Apr 26, 2023
Members and community allies, led by 1199SEIU President George Gresham, stopped traffic during rush hour in an act of non-violent civil…
Apr 26, 2023
The time for a reckoning has come. In the early days of the pandemic, when hundreds or thousands of members were going into work—many of…
Mar 6, 2023
The 1969 Charleston, South Carolina hospitals strike was an early test of 1199’s strategy of joining union power with soul (civil rights)…
Mar 6, 2023
Lillian Bannister became an 1199 member in 1994, when she started as PCA at Our Lady of Mercy in the Bronx. By the time she retired at
age…
Mar 6, 2023
Charlie Hilario has been an 1199 activist for more than two decades, volunteering to take part in the Union’s political campaigns from the…
Mar 6, 2023
When other children were dreaming of becoming astronauts, doctors or train conductors, Dr. Peniel Joseph had his heart set on being an…
Mar 6, 2023
When home care workers at Schofield Residence in Kenmore, New York, celebrated forming a union with 1199SEIU last December, it marked the…
Mar 6, 2023
Providing high quality healthcare means being there when it counts – not only at the bedside, but behind the scenes as well. The Union’s…
