Press Center and Media Advisories

Apr 25, 2023
Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham, on the passing of Harry Belafonte:

Apr 24, 2023
Buffalo, New York—Budget negotiations are entering their fourth week past the April 1st deadline and healthcare workers across New York…

Apr 20, 2023
MIAMI –Caregivers and leaders from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will host a virtual panel with Florida State Representative…

Apr 18, 2023
Buffalo, NY - More than 200 nursing home workers at four rural facilities in Western New York avoided a week-long strike after they reached…

Apr 18, 2023
The ratification vote on Friday, April 14, was the culmination of months of negotiating that began in September 2022. Technical workers at…

Apr 6, 2023
WHO: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, 1199SEIU Training & Employment Funds, Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES, County of Monroe Industrial…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jun 22, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Kaleida Health and its three unions could not come to an agreement on a new contract covering thousands of employees,…

1199SEIU Strongly Rejects Modified Nursing Home Staffing Bill A382, Assails No-Notice Committee Vote
Jun 19, 2019
1199SEIU Strongly Rejects Modified Nursing Home Staffing Bill A382, Assails No-Notice Committee Vote

Jun 18, 2019
Large numbers of healthcare workers risk transmitting respiratory viruses to patients and co-workers by attending work even when they have…

Jun 17, 2019
A bill that would permit undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses passed in the State Assembly Wednesday.

Jun 17, 2019
It seems like getting sick will cost you an arm and a leg, literally. The on-going Healthcare and prescription drug catastrophe is a…

Jun 11, 2019
Community advocates, medical professionals and labor leaders Monday urged Long Island’s state Senate delegation to support a bill legalizing…