Workers at Complete Care at Marcella nursing home will strike for 24 hours to protest unfair labor practices and massive cuts to the quality of their jobs which have left workers without access to affordable health insurance and other critical benefits.
Exclusive discounts and cultural events for 1199 members.
Corporate owners are refusing sufficient wages and health benefits to nursing home workers who are STILL risking their health and safety while caring for the frail and elderly during the worse pandemic in recent history; most have not received a raise since 2018.
Nadine Clerge-Remy, Kellee Grungo, Damian Rivera, and Sarah Stallings are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East who work at Complete Care at Marcella in Burlington Township, NJ.
November is American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Heritage Month, and in celebration, please meet member Mary Watai-Navas, a Patient Access Representative at Capital Region Medical Center in Largo, Maryland.
Getzville, NY – More than 200 Nursing home workers at Weinberg Campus in Getzville are working critically short-staffed and without a union contract. Their 1-year contract extension expired October 31, 2021. Nursing Home Workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
Rochester, NY – More than 1,800 union service workers represented by 1199SEIU, United Healthcare Workers East, at Strong Memorial
Hospital and SEIU Local 200 United at University of Rochester Campus in a near unanimous vote on Friday ratified a historic 2-year agreement that includes significant improvements to staffing, wages, and benefits. Wage increases will bring workers above the $15 minimum wage before it is implemented in New York State.
Since the vaccines have been available, 1199SEIU has poured resources into urging our members to get vaccinated, including, most recently, a televised message from our President.
It was a long and winding road to get there, but 1199 members negotiating with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes moved management to a strong settlement agreement on September 23, 2021—an agreement that secures the Union’s Gold Standard Contract