The overwhelming majority of healthcare workers at UHealth Tower, formerly the University of Miami Hospital, have agreed on a new contract which includes ratification bonuses, annual wage increases, a higher minimum wage and shift differentials—and other provisions designed to improve staffing and retention.
1199SEIU members were shocked and heartbroken by the senseless killing on August 2 of one of our union family, Miguel Cruz, a member at Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
On June 27, the Physician Assistants at Mount Sinai Queens voted overwhelmingly to form a union with 1199SEIU, joining fellow PAs in New York City hospitals who have also organized collectively in recent years.
John Mannion, the 1199-endorsed candidate for New York’s 22nd Congressional District, joined union members in Syracuse for their Juneteenth parade.
Home care providers at Community Care Home Health Services in both Upstate and Long Island, New York, have overwhelmingly voted to ratify their very first union contract.
Nursing home workers at one of the last non-profit facilities in Western New York averted a two-day strike on July 30, after reaching an 18-month agreement just hours before they were set to hit the picket line.
1199ers come together to kick off the 2024 election movement.
When Charles Williams, an 1199 PCA at the Buffalo General Medical Center was asked to introduce the Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer at the Delegate Assembly, he didn’t know that he’d also won a top prize.
After 60 years on the job, Joseph’s career began before many members were born.
‘We are the swing vote,’ 1199ers chant in Washington, D.C. as they joined a nationwide coalition to mobilize low-waged, infrequent voters.