Press Center and Media Advisories

Sep 7, 2021
Who:
Congressman Brian Higgins
Peter De Jesus Jr, President of the Western New York Area Labor Federation
Robert Weintraub, a local…

Aug 25, 2021
From the start of the pandemic early last year, we and other health-care workers across the state sacrificed our health — and risked our…

Aug 24, 2021
ROCHESTER, NY — Home care workers and consumers will rally in support of President Biden’s Home Care Proposal, calling on Congress to sign…

Healthcare Workers Union 1199SEIU Hosts Roundtable Discussion About The Better Care, Better Jobs Act
Aug 19, 2021
While President Biden's “soft infrastructure bills” are one of the most critical issues being
debated in Washington, DC this summer, on…

Aug 10, 2021
Negotiations for a new union contract covering more than 2,000 service workers represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East and…

Aug 6, 2021
“1199SEIU mourns the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. We send our deepest condolences to his loved ones. President Trumka was a…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jun 10, 2019
Landlords and developers, fending off a new Democratic majority and proposed rent laws, have adopted some of the tactics of their…

May 13, 2019
ALBANY — Labor leaders are turning their political muscle toward the fight for rent reform.

Apr 9, 2019
The City Council is moving quickly to pass a “green buildings” bill that would dramatically reduce the carbon emissions of every building in…

Mar 28, 2019
A federal judge in Washington threw a significant roadblock into the Trump administration’s efforts to compel poor people on Medicaid to…

Mar 27, 2019
It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing…

Mar 26, 2019
Only hours after after a bill that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey was shelved over a lack of support, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday…