Bedside hospital caregivers, service, and campus workers set to bargain new contract as more workers demand union rights and representation at
Upstate’s largest employer
Changes in working conditions and staffing levels spur hundreds of nurses to unionize
With Floridians facing an unprecedented affordability crisis, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have endorsed local, state and federal candidates in the 2026 primary election who have pledged to fight for working families.
PCAs negotiated a two-year contract that invests in caregivers and those we care for
1199SEIU unequivocally stands against the federal government weaponizing the justice system to intimidate healthcare providers to stop providing life-saving gender affirming healthcare.
Nation’s Largest Healthcare Union w/300,000 NY Members Supports Gov. for Reelection
New York, NY–After hours of round-the-clock bargaining, a tentative agreement covering 86,000 healthcare workers across downstate NY was reached at 5:30 a.m. this morning between 1199SEIU and the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (“the League”).
Dozens of Bargaining Committee members from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have shared how the affordability crisis in Florida is impacting healthcare workers, as well as serious concerns with AI overreach, in multiple rounds of contract negotiations since they began April 2 with 19 HCA hospitals across the state.
1199SEIU members stood with a diverse group of New Yorkers and elected leaders to condemn the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 330,000 Haitian and Syrian nationals.
After a co-worker was pricked with a “live” needle at Florida Medical Center (FMC) in Fort Lauderdale, numerous members of 1199SEIU signed onto a grievance that resulted in the delivery of proper equipment and a safer workplace.