Press Center and Media Advisories
May 1, 2020
MIAMI----Two months into the COVID-19 crisis and with the numbers of confirmed cases spiking in the state’s long-term care (LTC) facilities,…
Apr 29, 2020
Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has called on the state government to better protect nursing…
Apr 22, 2020
MIAMI----With COVID-19 surging in Florida, the state’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has outlined a…
Florida Healthcare Workers With 1199SEIU Union Reject Weakened COVID-19 Protections At HCA Hospitals
Apr 17, 2020
MIAMI---Nurses with Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have rejected new COVID-19 protocols from…
Apr 2, 2020
New York, NY - In light of the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare facilities nationwide, 1199SEIU President…
Mar 27, 2020
New York, NY - 1199SEIU President George Gresham released the following statement thanking New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten…
WEEKLY CLIPS
Sep 8, 2020
She does it willingly, a responsibility she sees as vitally important, and it is worth a moment on a holiday meant to honor working people…
Sep 4, 2020
MAITLAND, Fla. – Employees of Florida’s largest nursing home company are protesting dangerous work conditions a day after Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Aug 22, 2020
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them -- the last gasps of 17 men and women…
Aug 17, 2020
Nursing homes across the U.S. will receive a total of 7 million N95 respirators from the federal stockpile, a White House spokesperson told…
Aug 17, 2020
No place seems safe for Elonda English, not even her car.
Jul 28, 2020
Advocates from across the state penned a letter to Maryland House and Senate leaders Monday, imploring them to convene a special session to…
