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Professional Home Care Workers Believe University of Rochester Management Continues To Limit Bargaining Dates and Length of Sessions Fearing Other Workers Will Join Unions As Largest Non-Profit Employer And Its Associated Companies Earn Millions In Profits Read More

Union members won significant raises to offset area’s soaring cost of living, and to help recruit and retain essential hospital staff Read More

Professional Home Care Workers Believe Management Continues To Limit Bargaining Dates and Length of Sessions Fearing Other Workers Will Continue To Join Unions As Largest Non-Profit Employer And Its Associated Companies Earn Millions In Profits Read More

As cost-of-living soars, 1199SEIU members at Middletown hospital demand a fair contract to retain staff, address patient care crisis Read More

There is no way to sugarcoat yesterday’s election loss and the heartache felt by millions of Americans who rightly fear the impact of looming Republican attacks on workers’ rights, healthcare, jobs, and freedoms. Read More

Florida’s election results displayed some of the very best aspects of our democracy and some of the very worst of politics in our state. Read More

By Virginia Kondas, APRN Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

In the most recent 1199SEIU Florida We Care Committee (WCC) online meeting, caregivers discussed the importance of voting yes on Amendment 4 in this November’s election to reverse the state’s extreme, dangerous and intrusive six-week abortion ban. Read More

Healthcare workers across the state are overwhelmingly in favor of Amendment 4 that would reverse Florida’s dangerous abortion ban and stop government interference in a woman’s most personal medical decisions. Read More

Laboratory staff picketed Northwell’s Little Neck Parkway Laboratory earlier today. The laboratory technologists, laboratory technicians, laboratory accessioners, and clinical laboratory assistants, members of 1199SEIU, were joined by community supporters and other union members. Read More

Weinberg Campus Caregivers, Resident Families, And Community Leaders Protested In Front Of New York State Department Of Health This Week In Continued Effort To Save Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home As Residents and Families Left Scrambling To Find New Homes Amid Bed Shortages Read More

Top WNY Leaders Called on NYS Department of Health To Save Weinberg Campus By Funding & Approving Receivership Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham and Secretary-Treasurer Milly Silva Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Jennifer Parker faced four difficult pregnancies, including three miscarriages, before delivering a healthy baby girl 13 years ago. The Unit Secretary at HCA Florida Osceola Medical Center also has a friend who experienced the heartbreak of delivering a stillborn baby. These serious personal experiences as well as what she sees everyday as a healthcare worker makes her resolute in her support of Florida Amendment 4 on this November’s ballot to reverse Florida’s extreme abortion ban. Read More

As Union members we know that improving the lives of working people is better for everyone. Read More

Virginia Kondas, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at UHealth Tower in Miami and a member of 1199SEIU Florida, has been a caregiver for 30 years. She is a strong advocate of Amendment 4 on November’s ballot that would reverse Florida’s dangerous abortion ban and stop government interference with a woman’s most private medical care. Read More