Oct 29, 2021
From the moment COVID-19 vaccines became available last December, 1199SEIU has been urging its members to get the injection to protect themselves and their families against the deadly pathogen. The Union immediately organized virtual conversations with thousands
of members, with medical doctors on hand to answer their scientific questions. Many 1199ers took the opportunity to get vaccinated as soon as they could.
Oct 29, 2021
Bargaining the contracts that determine the wages and conditions of tens of thousands of 1199 nursing home members in the New York
City metropolitan area has begun.
Oct 29, 2021
1199SEIU members at two New Jersey nursing homes held pickets on July 29 to protest the sale of their facilities and cuts to their health insurance and other benefits. This April, 1199SEIU learned that Atlas Healthcare was planning to assume ownership of Cranford and River’s Edge nursing homes and intended to immediately and dramatically cut back workers’ healthcare and other benefits and refused to commit to retaining all employees.
Oct 27, 2021
More than 70 healthcare workers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Cayuga Ridge Nursing Home in Ithaca, NY have been working short-staffed and without a union contract since May 1, 2021. Last month, workers held a rally to protest the lack of a fair contract and management’s concessionary proposals – increased health insurance costs, lack of a secure retirement, below market wage increases.
Oct 25, 2021
The members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union of healthcare workers in the nation, strongly demand humane and fair treatment of Haitians seeking asylum into the United States. These asylum seekers have left a nation that has been ravaged by an unprecedented wave of crises including political instability and violence; deadly natural disasters; profound poverty; and more.
Oct 25, 2021
New York, NY. Oct. 25, 2021 -- The members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union of healthcare workers in the nation, strongly demand humane and fair treatment of Haitians seeking asylum into the United States. These asylum seekers have left a nation that has been ravaged by an unprecedented wave of crises including political instability and violence; deadly natural disasters; profound poverty; and more.
Oct 22, 2021
On Friday, October 22, the union contracts covering 1,800 service workers at Strong Memorial Hospital and University of Rochester Campus since 2018 expired following a short extension. Yesterday, in a nearly unanimous vote, hospital and campus workers voted to authorize their bargaining committees to issue their employers a 10-day notice of job action.
Oct 21, 2021
These are hard times for working people. Good paying jobs with benefits are scarce. Employers continue to dig in their heels against union organizing and union contracts. And on top of that, we have the pandemic that continues to rage on with the Delta variant. So we’re all living in hard times. We know that our unity and determination are what have always made the difference. Tough times only get easier when we band together, unite and fight for what is rightfully ours.
Oct 21, 2021
The phrase Information Superhighway was first coined in the late 1970’s by U.S. Vice President Al Gore when the internet was in its infancy and barely anyone even knew of its existence. Half a century later, the internet is just one small part of a whole information ecosystem that includes dozens of competing social media platforms, as well numerous channels for connecting with friends and family around the globe.
Oct 20, 2021
Nuvance’s Hudson Valley facilities are extraordinarily short-staffed. There are long waits to get care in the emergency departments, and throughout the hospitals and labs. Staff works around the clock. As a result of the fatigue and stress, qualified healthcare workers leave their jobs, exacerbating the situation.
