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Our 2026 Maryland State legislative priorities are not only focused on improving the working conditions of our members, but also improving the lives of their families, and the communities in which they live. Read More

Nurses ‘Furious’ Over Big Ugly Bill Diminishing Nursing Status, Among Widespread Damage To Healthcare System Read More

Across Florida Facilities, Union Nurses Score Victories Read More

Learning Sessions Kick Off Revamped Nurse Council Focused on Nursing’s Biggest Challenges Read More

Critical care nurse Martha Wydra is a comprehensive leader, standing up and speaking out for her fellow 1199SEIU members, coworkers, patients and community. Read More

At 2025 1199SEIU Florida Delegate Assembly Read More

Facing unprecedented Federal healthcare cuts, 1199SEIU rolls out a plan to the state’s hospitals, nursing homes, home care, & vital medical services. Read More

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We’re gearing up for the Medicaid fightback in 2026. Everywhere, we must call attention to the fact that protecting access to healthcare is not a partisan issue: it is supported by overwhelming majorities of Democratic and Republican voters alike. Read More

As a passionate advocate for both members’ rights and quality patient care, Ida Davis believes political action is crucial to improving the lives of working people. Read More

Members who work at the MJHS Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care on the southern tip of Brooklyn tend to stay for many years. With a contract negotiated through the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes, 1199 members benefit from labor-management collaboration, as well as fair wages and working conditions. Read More

When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica in late October, 1199 members immediately began making plans to help those affected. Read More

On October 18, members from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida joined millions of fellow Americans to demand the federal government put families before billionaires and stop the deadly cuts to healthcare in the nationwide No Kings protests. Read More

More than 1,000 members at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie and Putnam Hospital in Carmel Hamlet, New York, won new minimum wages, improved shift differentials, as well as across-the-board wage increases and protection from layoffs. Read More

On the eve of a planned strike, members at Rockland Pulmonary and Medical Associates agreed their first contract Westchester Medical Center, winning 12 percent raises over the life of the three-year deal. Read More

“With the alarming behavior of the current US President, it is more important than ever to build one voice to fight back.” Read More

New York members came together to mobilize resistance to the greatest threat to healthcare in living memory. Read More

Gabe Fenigsohn is a Delegate at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, a hospital founded in 1820—the nation’s first specialty hospital. Read More

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Legislation Would Improve Access to Licensed Creative Arts Therapy Read More