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1199SEIU RELEASES NEW $1.2 MILLION TV AD FEATURING HEALTHCARE HEROES SUPPORTING MAYA WILEY FOR MAYOR
Jun 8, 2021
New York (June 7, 2021) – 1199SEIU, the largest healthcare union in the country, announced today that it is launching a $1.2 million…

Jun 2, 2021
Short-staffed rural facility recently acquired by Ed Farbenblum, majority owner of McGuire Group and owner of RCA Healthcare Management,…

May 5, 2021
After years of urging lawmakers to resolve the issue of short-staffing and its impact on quality care, 1199SEIU members scored a big win…

May 3, 2021
MIAMI – Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East – the largest union of healthcare workers in Florida – have voted overwhelmingly…

Apr 23, 2021
NEW YORK--The Communications Workers of America District 1, 1199SEIU and the New York State Nurses Association issued statements today in…

Apr 23, 2021
NEW YORK (April 19, 2021) - In a card count, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East was certified as the representative for 236 workers of…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jun 11, 2020
Healthcare workers with Kaleida Health gathered for a moment of silence in the parking lot across from Oishei Children’s Hospital Thursday,…

Jun 11, 2020
HUDSON — Health care workers took a moment Thursday to take a knee outside Columbia Memorial Hospital to protest the killing of George Floyd…

May 15, 2020
On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are many civilian heroes going out of their way, as volunteers and contributors. Also, many…

May 6, 2020
One of every four Filipinos in the New York-New Jersey area is employed in the health care industry. With at least 30 worker deaths and many…

Apr 29, 2020
Montefiore Nyack Hospital on Wednesday celebrated the discharge of its 400th patient who has recovered from COVID-19 since the hospital…

Mar 30, 2020
Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn has turned into a coronavirus “war zone,” where at least 20 patients have died of…