Press Center and Media Advisories

Jan 6, 2022
MIAMI---The state’s largest union of healthcare workers, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has published “A Crisis Of Their Own…

Dec 27, 2021
Getzville, NY – More than 200 nursing home workers at Weinberg Campus in Getzville are celebrating a big victory this holiday season instead…

Dec 10, 2021
Kenmore, NY – More than 80 healthcare workers at Schofield Residence in Kenmore are celebrating a big contract victory this holiday season!…

Nov 18, 2021
Ithaca, NY - More than 70 healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home in Ithaca,…

Nov 16, 2021
Workers at Complete Care at Marcella nursing home will strike for 24 hours to protest unfair labor practices and massive cuts to the quality…

Nov 15, 2021
Corporate owners are refusing sufficient wages and health benefits to nursing home workers who are STILL risking their health and safety…
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…