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The Upstate/WNY Division of 1199SEIU is the voice of healthcare employees in western, central, and northern New York State. The region includes more than 23,000 workers at 29 hospitals, 70 long-term care facilities and clinics, a home care agency, a physicians practice, and a business clerical group. Members of 1199SEIU's Upstate/WNY division work in 26 counties throughout Upstate New York, from the Adirondacks to Niagara Falls, and include registered nurses, hospital workers, professionals, nursing home workers, and home care.
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Dec 18, 2019
Thirty years ago, some 2,000 members of 1199 worked tirelessly to help David Dinkins become New York’s first African American mayor.…
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Dec 18, 2019
As the 30th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) approaches, 1199ers have formed a new caucus to advocate for disabled…
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Dec 18, 2019
2020 is an important election year. The President of the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the U.S.
Senate, and…
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Dec 17, 2019
Florida nursing home workers at Avante at Boca Raton ratified a new contract in early November. The three-year agreement includes several…
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Dec 17, 2019
On October 22 in Orlando, FL, more than 30 1199ers gathered with members and representatives of the American Association of Retired Persons…
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Dec 17, 2019
Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” And retired delegate Charles…
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Dec 16, 2019
Washington, D.C.’s Whitman-Walker Health is a community health provider specializing in LGBTQ+ and HIV care. The organization was founded in…
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Dec 16, 2019
“Reach out, before a shelter is your only option!” is the advice New York City has promoted to residents in crisis for the past five years.…
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Dec 13, 2019
Hundreds of 1199SEIU members picketed Northwell Health’s Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) on Oct. 2 to push the healthcare…
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Dec 12, 2019
Join fellow 1199 members on Thursday, February 20, 2020, in Annapolis, at the House Office Building - Room 170, 6 Bladen St., for our annual…
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Dec 9, 2019
Members from around downstate New York gathered at a midtown Manhattan hotel on Nov. 1 for a day long discussion of best practices, labor…
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Dec 9, 2019
I don’t know about you but I’m tired of the media describing President Trump’s base as the white working class.
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Dec 9, 2019
Here we are already at the end of 2019, and 2020, one the most consequential years of any of our lifetimes, is upon us. That was fast!
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Nov 22, 2019
Members of 1199SEIU played an important part in political victories in Orlando, Saint Petersburg and South Florida earlier this month,…
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Oct 30, 2019
Toni Baldie comes from a family of smart healthcare professionals. The RN in the intensive care unit of HCA-affiliated hospital Northwest…
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Oct 22, 2019
Albany, NY The uncertainty and the drama continue. Just yesterday, October 21, the health caregivers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and…
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Oct 17, 2019
In 1979, 20 years after the Union’s historic hospital organizing campaign, the Union’s Bread and Roses program, piloted by its
public…
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Oct 17, 2019
After months of bargaining, Personal Care Attendants in Massachusetts settled a new contract this June. The agreement was ratified in a…
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Oct 17, 2019
1199ers throughout the Union are working hard to re-invigorate member engagement with AFRAM, the National African American caucus within…