Mar 6, 2023
New York City contracts with nonprofits to provide billions of dollars’ worth of critical social services to New Yorkers in need. But according to a recent study by the New School, roughly two-thirds of all full-time human services workers had earnings in 2019 which
fell below the city’s near-poverty threshold
Mar 2, 2023
1199ers in Massachusetts unveil 2023-2024 legislative priorities that address short-staffing and wages, plus endorse priorities led by partner organizations that invest in our communities.
Mar 2, 2023
MIAMI – Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East – the largest union of healthcare workers in Florida – have launched bargaining for a new contract with HCA-affiliated hospitals to secure pay and protections that will help alleviate a critical staffing and care crisis that has placed patients, caregivers and the state’s entire healthcare system at risk.
Mar 2, 2023
Personal Care Attendants chanted and sang alongside people with disabilities and elders at the Embrace Memorial before heading to the State House to demand fair pay
Mar 1, 2023
Major Healthcare Employers and Front-Line Caregivers from across the state will speak to NYS Senate and Assemblymembers
Feb 22, 2023
It’s election season. There are numerous municipal seats up for grabs in communities across the state of Florida. Municipal elections are important because local leaders have the power to shape our workplace, communities, economy, and schools for years to come. So, it’s important to vote. Members of 1199SEIU Florida have announced endorsements in a handful of key races
Feb 22, 2023
It’s been just a few months since 1199ers pulled out all the stops to secure a full-term for New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. Members were able to feel their power in Pennsylvania too, when their canvassing helped secure a narrow victory for John Fetterman in the U.S. Senate last November. And as far afield as Georgia, the might of the Union was on display to help push Raphael Warnock over the top in his own Senate race runoff in December.
Feb 22, 2023
1199 Home Care members convened at the New York State capital on January 25, for a press conference to urge lawmakers to pass a much-needed increase to the state’s minimum wage.
Feb 22, 2023
Our country has been celebrating Black History Month for nearly half a century, since it was adopted in 1976, following a campaign by
African-American scholars.
Feb 22, 2023
There’s an old saying that if you want the rich to work harder, you pay them more. If you want the poor to work harder, you pay them less.
