Representing more than 70,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the most politically active union in the Commonwealth. 1199SEIU caregivers have won higher job standards for healthcare workers, such as fair wages, affordable healthcare, and $18.00 hourly salaries for personal care attendants. 1199ers have also won historic victories for all working people across Massachusetts, including earned sick time, one of the highest minimum wages in the country, and much more.
Mar 17, 2023
After months of bargaining, taking action, and making our voices heard, nearly 1,000 members have a new contract at Elara that invests in…
Mar 2, 2023
1199ers in Massachusetts unveil 2023-2024 legislative priorities that address short-staffing and wages, plus endorse priorities led by…
Mar 2, 2023
Personal Care Attendants chanted and sang alongside people with disabilities and elders at the Embrace Memorial before heading to the State…
Jan 30, 2023
On January 18, 1199ers joined virtually and in-person to reflect on 2022 to inform their 2023 plan to win higher wages and address…
Jan 5, 2023
Upcoming Massachusetts Trainings and Workshops
Oct 11, 2022
The mainstream media has downplayed one of the biggest stories of the year. I’m referring to the tens of thousands of workers organizing…
Oct 11, 2022
If ever there were a time to stand up for our families and our communities, this is it. It is less than two years since we went all out to…
Sep 29, 2022
Do you have federal student loans or know someone who does? Do you/they work for a not-for-profit healthcare institution or other non-profit…
Sep 28, 2022
Statement from Tim Foley, 1199SEIU Executive Vice President, on Approval of MassHealth 1115 Waiver
Sep 11, 2022
1199SEIU is launching a new smartphone app for members to keep up to date about important things happening in your union, workplace,…
Sep 1, 2022
No matter how young or old we are, we Americans have grown up hearing quite a few myths about our democracy that very often proved to be…
Aug 30, 2022
Veteran organizer, advocate and activist will lead 1199’s political program, representing over 70,000 caregivers in Massachusetts
Jul 6, 2022
Nearly 200 workers at four Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) clinics in Boston, Worcester, Marlborough and Springfield voted…
Jun 24, 2022
“As a union of healthcare workers, we recognize that the right to an abortion is fundamental to reproductive health, overall health, and…
Jun 22, 2022
New York, NY—On Tuesday, June 14, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union of healthcare workers in the nation, installed…
Jun 15, 2022
When he was murdered in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Memphis supporting a sanitation workers’ strike. This is well known. Less well…
Jun 7, 2022
Press statement