
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…