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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…

Aug 5, 2021
New York, NY – 1199SEIU President George Gresham today released the following statement:
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…