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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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Jun 16, 2023
1199 Expands Membership in Upstate New York
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Jun 16, 2023
Nuvance healthcare members raise their voices.
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Jun 16, 2023
Farewell to our friend and comrade Harry Belafonte. May you rest in power.
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Jun 14, 2023
Dozens of your coworkers traveled to Tallahassee to meet with legislators to help build support for legislation that will respect, protect,…
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Jun 8, 2023
Caregivers say lack of competitive wages from Bronx-based Centers Health Care contribute to chronic low staffing levels. Service workers…
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Jun 6, 2023
1199SEIU Professional & Technical Nursing Home Workers To Picket Absolut Care of Aurora Park On Wednesday
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May 25, 2023
Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals;
Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns,…
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May 9, 2023
MIAMI –Dozens of caregivers, healthcare workers and supporters will rally this week outside HCA Florida hospitals to highlight the critical…
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May 2, 2023
Bronx, NY—Low-income communities like the Bronx will be harmed by Gov. Hochul’s healthcare budget, workers and advocates say, as she hosts a…
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Apr 30, 2023
The world-class contracts 1199 members within the NY League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes have negotiated over the last several decades…
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Apr 30, 2023
“I came to this country as a single mother with a young boy in 1991,” says Dr. Marlene Malcolm, a Jamaican immigrant to New York who started…
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Apr 30, 2023
A lot can change in four days. When the 500 members of 1199SEIU’s League Bargaining Committee started the process of negotiating with the…
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Apr 28, 2023
Members at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown campus ratified their strongest contract ever in February, after months of…
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Apr 28, 2023
It was a crisp and sunny morning on March 21st, when thousands of 1199 members from all over New York State converged around the Capitol…
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Apr 28, 2023
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are…
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Apr 27, 2023
Buffalo, NY — Across New York State, emergency rooms are flooded with patients waiting hours to be seen by a doctor. Nursing homes are…
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Apr 27, 2023
In 1959, a group of 5000 New York City drugstore workers made the audacious decision to organize the city’s hospital workers. It was…