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Close to 600 caregivers at Peconic Bay Medical Center (“Peconic Bay”) are fighting for a fair contract. After months of negotiations where management has not agreed to the healthcare workers’ demand for equal pay for equal work—comparable to what their colleagues earn doing the exact same jobs at other Northwell institutions—the caregivers picketed the hospital today. Read More

1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

UHealth Tower nurse Martha Wydra has many reasons to beam with pride these days. She recently graduated from NSU, Nova Southeastern University. She earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees simultaneously. As a working mother of four children, this was no easy feat. Read More

Investing in Care and Caregivers with our 2025-2026 State Legislative Agenda Read More

199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

Union members won historic raises, kept pension, and began to rein in employee healthcare costs Read More

Everyone has rights, no matter their immigration status. Read More

Join 1199 in championing legislation to fight against the short staffing crisis, ensure healthcare workers are safe, well-compensated, and have a voice in the workplace, and that patients have the resources and support they need. Read More

More than 1,000 Florida nursing home workers now have a new contract. It was recently ratified after months of often intense negotiations between bargaining team members with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union representing healthcare workers in Florida and nursing home owner and operator Aspire Health Group, one of the biggest companies in the industry. Read More

The ICE raids in Newark yesterday—and elsewhere across the nation—are utterly appalling and shameful. Hardworking, law-abiding people, American citizens and residents alike, are being profiled and dragged violently out of their neighborhoods and places of work. This is in clear violation of due process and our constitution. Read More

1199SEIU responded to Massachusetts Governor Healey’s proposed FY26 budget, which would impose overly-restrictive growth caps on the state’s Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program and freeze the MassHealth rates paid to community and safety-net hospitals. Read More

1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

Healthcare Worker Union Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and commitment to workers’ rights Read More

1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University of Rochester Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As More Than 300 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

If we remain united, we can emerge even stronger. Read More

As we know, the job of caregivers is needed every single day, no matter what the season. Come January, 1199ers will also be called upon to use our collective power to defend our Union rights and help protect the most vulnerable in society. Read More

Staff retention was a key issue in the hard-fought campaign. Read More

1199ers attended the inauguration of joined Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott after working hard to help him win a second term. Read More

Title I of the LMRDA contains the Bill of Rights for members of labor organizations. Read More

Members campaigned for reproductive rights related ballot measures in three of the 1199 regions. Read More