Press Center and Media Advisories

Dec 23, 2022
Rochester, NY – Yesterday, 1199SEIU members at The Pearl Nursing Center on Portland Avenue held an informational picket to call attention to…

Dec 20, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Last month, union workers at Promesa’s Alba de Vida clinic participated in Labor Management Meetings to address safety…

Dec 9, 2022
MIAMI---Essential long-term care workers across Florida are being shortchanged by nursing home operators in violation of a new state…

Dec 8, 2022
Albany/New York –On Thursday, nursing home workers, members of 1199SEIU, will call for full and swift implementation of the package of…

Dec 5, 2022
Members of the public are encouraged to RSVP by calling (585) 730-6433. Anyone attending the memorial event is asked to wear their union…

Dec 2, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Yesterday, 40 homecare workers from Schofield Home Health Care voted to join 1199SEIU, making it one of the first Licensed…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Nov 28, 2018
QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside…

Nov 27, 2018
A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January.

Nov 13, 2018
The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and…

Oct 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the…

Oct 16, 2018
Health care employment in the state increased by more than 18% in the past 10 years, more than double the growth rate of overall employment,…

Oct 15, 2018
The CMS is looking to increase its oversight of post-acute care settings through new civil money penalties on nursing home staff and a new…