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The ACLS Full Provider Program is designed to provide healthcare professionals the essential knowledge and skills for a successful resuscita Read More

This week we welcome 106 new members into the 1199SEIU family at Staten Island University Hospital. Read More

Influencing the way politicians vote is a big business. Last year alone, clients in New York City spent a total $102.6 million to help your Read More

BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — Healthcare workers met with local elected officials Friday to warn of the consequences of Medicaid cuts proposed for Read More

1199 members begin six month training program to develop skills Read More

1199 Massachusetts Executive Board share political action program and 2019-2020 legislative agenda with newly elected officials. Read More

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People With Disabilities Caucus Meeting Read More

This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old Read More

Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory o Read More

1199SEIU and the National Benefit Fund are again making available a free tax prep program for members, so they can pay only the taxes they o Read More

Over the last several years, Western New York has seen a marked increase in the number of for-profit nursing homes owned by out-of-town oper Read More

ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was Read More

Brenda Anderson has worked as an LPN in Buffalo nursing homes for 25 years, and for most of them she’s been a union delegate. Read More

Residents of Ward 7 and 8 deserve a full-service hospital with specialty services like cardiac and cancer care. There is no guarantee these Read More

Central Sterile Technicians (CSTs) are responsible for the decontamination, cleaning, sterilization, packaging, and distribution of surgical Read More

In early January, nurses and other healthcare employees who work at HCA-affiliated hospitals in Central and South Florida overwhelmingly rej Read More

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued four late December decisions affirming a judge’s 2016 rulings that New Jersey’s Alaris Read More

Did you know Florida’s Medicaid program leaves behind about 700,000 Floridians every year? Through the Affordable Care Act, states have th Read More

Healthcare workers braved the cold to participate in the parade and dance on 1199 and NYSNA's float. Read More