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

On May 15th, nearly 300 members united for the annual Healthcare and Homecare Worker Advocacy Day, where member leaders from across the state talk directly with state legislators in Boston about Union priorities to strengthen care and invest in members’ communities.

As the political season ramps up, first-time member political organizer Ida Davis, a delegate from the University of Maryland Capital Region Health Center in Largo, Maryland, was excited for her fellow MPOs to learn more about Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.

In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court decision to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion, the majority of states have imposed some legal restrictions on reproductive rights, with 14 states getting rid of abortion access altogether. Members at the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) organized with 1199 SEIU shortly after that momentous decision was handed down.

The annual celebration during Nurses Week to honor the most committed to the profession.

Thousands of union members converge on Philadelphia for the quadrennial SEIU Convention.

Members in New York worked hard throughout the winter and early spring to keep up a steady drumbeat of emails, calls, rallies and lobby visits in Albany to roll back major cuts to healthcare spending that were initially proposed by the New York State Governor, Kathy Hochul.

An 1199er for three decades charts her path to discovering that the key to leading is being able to listen to others.

How members are taking their case to Albany to increase access to Creative Arts Therapies.

The mission statement of 1199’s constitution reads as follows: “We are determined to protect and advance the lives of our members—not only on the job, but also in our communities and in our society.”

Nursing Home Workers at Schoellkopf Health Center in Niagara Falls won wage increases ranging from 11%-34%, increased employer contributions towards benefits, and Juneteenth and Labor Day as paid holidays among other improvements.