An 1199 retiree explains why her political action with the Union never stops.
The marriage of culture and politics is a powerful force.
As working people, raising our voices together is the best way to be heard.
Members came together at Union headquarters to honor past heroes and build for the future.
Working people need to make sure we have a dog in the race.
Workers at WestMed, a consortium of doctors’ offices and urgent care centers located at seven different sites around Westchester, New York, reached out to 1199 when their conditions started to change following the corporate takeover.
Hundreds of Massachusetts 1199ers took to the streets on March 20 outside Governor Maura Healey’s office to protest her state budget proposal that threatens to cut 6,000 consumers out of the Personal Care Assistant program, which provides home care services across the state.
Members in Maryland joined other progressive organizations at a rally for health justice outside the state capitol building in Annapolis on February 26.
Refusing to let grave injustice get the better of him, Jon-Adrian Velazquez, is now starring in a movie about redemption alongside renowned actor, Colman Domingo.
Union activists celebrated International Women’s Day up and down the East Coast in a variety of events designed to build solidarity.