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.
Jun 16, 2023
1199 Expands Membership in Upstate New York
Jun 16, 2023
Nuvance healthcare members raise their voices.
Jun 16, 2023
Farewell to our friend and comrade Harry Belafonte. May you rest in power.
Jun 14, 2023
Dozens of your coworkers traveled to Tallahassee to meet with legislators to help build support for legislation that will respect, protect,…
Jun 8, 2023
Caregivers say lack of competitive wages from Bronx-based Centers Health Care contribute to chronic low staffing levels. Service workers…
Jun 6, 2023
1199SEIU Professional & Technical Nursing Home Workers To Picket Absolut Care of Aurora Park On Wednesday
May 25, 2023
Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals;
Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns,…
May 9, 2023
MIAMI –Dozens of caregivers, healthcare workers and supporters will rally this week outside HCA Florida hospitals to highlight the critical…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Apr 28, 2023
Members at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown campus ratified their strongest contract ever in February, after months of…
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…
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…
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…
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…