Around 700 healthcare workers at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital ratified a new union contract in September, following nearly a year of negotiations.
Members of the nation’s largest healthcare union are mobilizing to get-out-the-vote for candidates committed to protecting Medicaid, standing with working families, and bringing accountability to New Jersey's Republican-held congressional districts
Sarah Chrisofferson, an 1199SEIU Florida member and a Registered Nurse at a West Palm Beach hospital, recently took part in a national panel discussion on how to build worker power and achieve wins in the workplace, our communities and in politics.
A talented contingent of 1199SEIU nurse members gathered in the Florida Keys for a intensive yet invigorating retreat to discuss developing new nurse leaders, tackling workplace challenges and building an even stronger sense of community among the committed union nursing professionals.
With skyrocketing costs of living throughout Florida, an affordability crisis is putting punishing pressures on nurses and their fellow healthcare workers in hospitals and nursing homes across the state.
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Bedside hospital caregivers, service, and campus workers focus on negotiating benefits and wages to help recruit and retain staff as Home Care Equipment Techs unanimously vote to join 1199SEIU
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MIAMI – With Floridians facing an unprecedented affordability crisis as gas, groceries, insurance, housing and other costs skyrocket, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have endorsed a slate of candidates in the 2026 general election who have pledged to fight for working families.
Bedside hospital caregivers, service, and campus workers to continue bargaining as affordability crisis grows and more UR workers demand union rights including grad workers and some nurses over staffing levels