Press Center and Media Advisories

Nov 24, 2022
Rochester, NY - It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of national labor leader, friend, co-worker, and…

Nov 17, 2022
Albany, NY: New York’s Public Health and Health Planning Council met today to vote on regulations that would guide the implementation of two…

Nov 10, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Last month, union members at the Alba de Vida clinic participated in Labor Management Meetings to address safety planning at…

Oct 13, 2022
Buffalo, NY – Today, Kaleida Health union nurses, clinical, professional, technical, service, dietary, and clerical staff represented by the…

Oct 7, 2022
Niagara Falls, NY - Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers have once again collaboratively approved a…

Oct 3, 2022
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1168 and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have reached a tentative…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jan 30, 2019
Healthcare employment will have low exposure to automation in the next decade despite the increased use of artificial intelligence to…

Jan 29, 2019
As Congress debates border security, the issues that led to the death of two children in December are in danger of fading into the…

Jan 13, 2019
It’s that time of year when many New Yorkers start paying attention to their health – watching their weight, trying new diets and hitting…
Dec 21, 2018
Two major bargaining groups of metro-area nursing homes each reached a contract with 1199SEIU, agreeing to wage increases for 30,000 workers…

Dec 4, 2018
New York, Dec. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce the appointment of Alethia E. Jones as…

Dec 3, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. — Nearly two dozen children at a long-term care facility showed symptoms of a viral infection and two had died by the time New…