New Study Outlines Path to Safeguard Quality Patient Care and Healthcare Jobs in Lynn

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East member political organizers (MPOs) played a big part in recent election victories. From President-Elect Joe Biden’s historic win to the approval of Amendment 2 giving 2.5 million Floridians a path to a $15 minimum wage, the comprehensive voter turnout campaign waged by 1199SEIU MPOs contributed to the record number of voters who cast ballots.

When 1199 became the first Union to oppose the war in Vietnam, it did not represent the views of the leadership alone, but also large sections of the membership. That made it possible for 1199 Executive Secretary Moe Foner to play a leading role in organizing the 1965 Leadership Assembly for Peace in Chicago.

All sessions will focus on key health issues to include: Fundamentals, Known and Unknown Factors, Impact, Safety and Preparedness.

We have a new President and Vice-President-Elect, and their names are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! In the midst of a global pandemic, your hard work, dedication, and determination for change gave birth to a mandate for an America that works for all working people.

Tomorrow is election day. It’s the last push to the polls in an election that could be a turning point for Floridians and all Americans. Eva Nolasco, an endo-technician at a Southwest Florida hospital, knows this well because she’s been working as a member political organizer with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East for months to help get out the LatinX vote.

Hospitals don’t stay in good working order on their own. It takes crews of experienced professionals who can manage complicated systems, fix problems as they arise, and maintain an environment that is safe, healthy and comfortable.

We never know where life’s path may lead: Registered Nurse Vinnie Ioele is living proof of how much things can change.

I am the uncle of Jacob Blake, whom you’ve likely heard of because in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob lives, a policeman shot him in the back seven times as he returned to his car to protect his children inside.

From its founding, 1199’s commitment to social and economic justice led it to the political arena. Founded in 1932 as a drug workers’ union during the nation’s Great Depression, 1199 was a staunch supporter of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal.

Election Day is just a few days away, and with its results, the fate of our country and a world already engulfed in chaos—a world that’s literally burning down is some places—as Donald Trump, his allies, and his administration drive the chaos.