In July, less than 24 hours after 1199ers picketed Unlimited Care, a home care agency in White Plains, NY, management signed a contract guaranteeing workers’ raises and benefits.
The 2,500 new home care members with the Brooklyn-based White Glove Community Care agency celebrated their first win on June 24.
Roughly 3,000 caregivers in a Massachusetts statefunded homecare program for seniors voted to join 1199SEIU in late July.
Members at Callen-Lorde Community Health Center in New York City agreed to a new three-year contract on July 25
Just two hours before a Strike Authorization Vote was set to begin, 8,000 hospital workers at Western New York’s largest private sector employer reached a tentative, three-year contract agreement in late July.
An injury to one is an injury to all.
Annis Stewart, an 1199 CNA and member activist who has worked at a Brooklyn nursing home for the past 18 years, tells her story. Currently working in Dietary, she is studying to become an RN.
1199 League of Registered Nurses Office of Continuing Education Spring 2026 Offerings
Roughly 3,000 caregivers in a state-funded homecare program for aging seniors are now united in 1199SEIU, the fastest growing healthcare workers union in the state.