Universal pre-K is one of the most important policies in our city's history for addressing the crisis of economic inequality. This is not the time for misinformation or distraction. The whole nation is looking to New York as a leader in progressive policies for working people, and we all need to pull together and focus on supporting our shared goal of making sure this program succeeds. Mayor de Blasio's administration is doing everything in their power to ensure 50,000 newly enrolled children have access to safe, high quality pre-K classes. The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU helped encourage enrollment because we know how vital universal pre-K is to the future of our children, our communities and our city, and we will continue to do whatever we can to promote this crucial program." -George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union in New York and the largest healthcare union in the nation.
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Changes in working conditions and staffing levels spur hundreds of nurses to unionize Read More
With Floridians facing an unprecedented affordability crisis, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have endorsed local, state and federal candidates in the 2026 primary election who have pledged to fight for working families. Read More
PCAs negotiated a two-year contract that invests in caregivers and those we care for Read More
1199SEIU unequivocally stands against the federal government weaponizing the justice system to intimidate healthcare providers to stop providing life-saving gender affirming healthcare. Read More
Nation’s Largest Healthcare Union w/300,000 NY Members Supports Gov. for Reelection
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New York, NY–After hours of round-the-clock bargaining, a tentative agreement covering 86,000 healthcare workers across downstate NY was reached at 5:30 a.m. this morning between 1199SEIU and the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (“the League”). Read More
Dozens of Bargaining Committee members from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have shared how the affordability crisis in Florida is impacting healthcare workers, as well as serious concerns with AI overreach, in multiple rounds of contract negotiations since they began April 2 with 19 HCA hospitals across the state. Read More
1199SEIU members stood with a diverse group of New Yorkers and elected leaders to condemn the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for roughly 330,000 Haitian and Syrian nationals. Read More
After a co-worker was pricked with a “live” needle at Florida Medical Center (FMC) in Fort Lauderdale, numerous members of 1199SEIU signed onto a grievance that resulted in the delivery of proper equipment and a safer workplace. Read More
Longtime union leader DeQuasia Canales has always been fully dedicated to improving the workplaces and lives of members all across the country, from her early days as a social worker and union steward to organizing union workers across the country, and now serving today as the Acting Executive Vice President for the Florida region of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. Read More
Led by the 1199SEIU Nurse Council, groups of RNs and LPNs recently gathered at three in-person nurse meet-ups in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties to build connections and foster leadership, engagement and power in their workplaces in 2026. Read More
New York State Department of Health Abruptly Approves Plan To Close Facility Leaving Rural Caregivers Distraught Read More
Defining our next chapter as a powerhouse Union Read More
With affordable health care under assault from the extremist Republican administration’s billionaire tax cuts, 1199ers are fighting back and calling on their state governments to plug the funding gap.
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From May 3-5 the Union’s most committed delegates and leaders came together in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to discuss and ratify the plan of work that the whole membership collectively participated in creating—through the listening tours, area-wide and departmental conversations, delegate meetings, and member polling. How 1199 will Build, how it will Grow, and how every member can work together to create the conditions for everyone to be able to Thrive—these are the three pillars that will take the Union forward. 1199 is only as strong as its chapters and its chapters are only as strong as its leaders.
Four member leaders who work in different regions—with a variety of job titles—caught up with 1199 Magazine ahead of the summit to describe how they build community within their chapters and what strategies they use to promote member engagement. Read More
Planned Parenthood Foundation of America (PPFA) members in New York City unanimously ratified their second contract on April 1.
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Analilia Mejia won a special election on April 16 to take over New Jersey’s 11 Congressional district seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill when she became Governor. Read More
Members dressed in traditional attire from their countries of origin came together in the 1199SEIU headquarters in Manhattan for an evening of solidarity on March 6 to celebrate International Women’s Day. Read More
On May 4, the island town of Nantucket in Massachusetts voted by 959-321 to support funding that will allow the only nursing home on the island to remain open. Read More
