Press Center and Media Advisories

Apr 26, 2023
More than 1,500 members of 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare union, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract that will improve…

Apr 25, 2023
Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham, on the passing of Harry Belafonte:

Apr 24, 2023
Buffalo, New York—Budget negotiations are entering their fourth week past the April 1st deadline and healthcare workers across New York…

Apr 20, 2023
MIAMI –Caregivers and leaders from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will host a virtual panel with Florida State Representative…

Apr 18, 2023
Buffalo, NY - More than 200 nursing home workers at four rural facilities in Western New York avoided a week-long strike after they reached…

Apr 18, 2023
The ratification vote on Friday, April 14, was the culmination of months of negotiating that began in September 2022. Technical workers at…
WEEKLY CLIPS

Jun 10, 2019
Landlords and developers, fending off a new Democratic majority and proposed rent laws, have adopted some of the tactics of their…

May 13, 2019
ALBANY — Labor leaders are turning their political muscle toward the fight for rent reform.

Apr 9, 2019
The City Council is moving quickly to pass a “green buildings” bill that would dramatically reduce the carbon emissions of every building in…

Mar 28, 2019
A federal judge in Washington threw a significant roadblock into the Trump administration’s efforts to compel poor people on Medicaid to…

Mar 27, 2019
It’s a promising new drug for multiple myeloma, one of the most savage blood cancers. Called Ninlaro, it can be taken as a pill, sparing…

Mar 26, 2019
Only hours after after a bill that would legalize marijuana in New Jersey was shelved over a lack of support, Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday…