Press Center and Media Advisories

Apr 12, 2021
Buffalo, NY - Following the retirement of 1199SEIU Executive Vice-President Ruth Heller, on April 1, the area director for Western New York…

Apr 1, 2021
Airbnb provided free housing to members across six states during pandemic

Mar 18, 2021
“A special election must be called by the governor for Florida Senate District 37 because it’s so blatantly clear that the November race was…

Mar 16, 2021
New York, NY - 119SEIU President George Gresham has released the following statement regarding recent racially motivated attacks against…

Mar 11, 2021
1199SEIU President George Gresham released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden’s signing of the American Rescue Plan:

Mar 3, 2021
“Reports that the State Department of Health is planning to dramatically cut health care services in one of the hardest hit areas of New…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jul 5, 2019
A longtime Harlem resident’s birthday on Saturday may be one for the record book — at 114 years old, she’ll become what’s believed to be the…

Jun 30, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The unions that represent more than 7,000 workers at Kaleida hospitals say they're still trying to reach a deal with the…

Jun 28, 2019
Kaleida Health employees, whose union contracts expired last week, will picket July 10 if they can't come to agreement, they said at a rally…

Jun 28, 2019
BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — Union workers at Kaleida health are preparing to go to battle to reach a new deal.

Jun 27, 2019
Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court has blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being in a major…

Jun 26, 2019
MIDDLETOWN — More than 40 employees of the state’s mental health and maximum-security psychiatric facilities gathered in the hot sun…