Rochester, New York: 1199SEIU Healthcare workers and their families, Community Organizations and Elected Officials will gather at Seabreeze Amusement Park to register voters and mobilize workers to help get out the vote this November.

 

WHO:  1199SEIU hospital, nursing home, home care workers, Healthcare Education Project, Congressman Joe Morelle, NYS Assemblymember Demond Meeks, NYS Assemblywoman Jen Lunsford, County Executive Adam Bello, City Council President Miguel Melendez, City Council Vice-President Lashay Harris, and other community organizations

 

WHAT: Family Fun Day with a focus on Voter Registration and Volunteerism to Get Out The Vote for November’s Election

 

WHERE: Seabreeze Amusement Park | 4600 Culver Rd | Rochester, NY 14622

WHEN: Saturday, August 22, 2026
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM only - Press Availability arrive at main gate

(Please check in at the ticket office and Seabreeze staff will escort you to Pavilion for interviews with Healthcare workers and Elected Officials)

 

WHY: With more than $1 trillion dollars in Federal cuts to healthcare, workers are gearing up to do what it takes to protect critical funding for hospitals, nursing homes, and homecare.  1199SEIU members from Buffalo to Syracuse, the Southern Tier to Corning, and North Country to Rochester will join together Saturday at Seabreeze to officially kick off campaign efforts to help get out the vote in November. 

 

“It’s very important that we work hard to win upcoming elections so we can protect healthcare funding,” said Venus McNeil, 1199SEIU Chief Delegate at University of Rochester Medical Center’s Strong Memorial Hospital. 

 

Union healthcare workers across upstate will launch their get out vote efforts by registering to vote, making phone calls, and knocking on doors from now until election day in support of their endorsed candidates running for Congress, New York State Assembly, Senate and more.