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.
Nov 30, 2020
Livingston Hills Nursing Home workers, members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, and their supporters are critically concerned…
Nov 30, 2020
This holiday season, I'm more grateful than ever to be part of our union family with you. THANK YOU for showing what it means to be…
Nov 25, 2020
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East member political organizers (MPOs) played a big part in recent election victories. From…
Nov 23, 2020
When 1199 became the first Union to oppose the war in Vietnam, it did not represent the views of the leadership alone, but also large…
Nov 2, 2020
Tomorrow is election day. It’s the last push to the polls in an election that could be a turning point for Floridians and all Americans. Eva…
Nov 2, 2020
Hospitals don’t stay in good working order on their own. It takes crews of experienced professionals who can manage complicated systems, fix…
Oct 30, 2020
I am the uncle of Jacob Blake, whom you’ve likely heard of because in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob lives, a policeman shot him in the…
Oct 30, 2020
From its founding, 1199’s commitment to social and economic justice led it to the political arena. Founded in 1932 as a drug workers’
union…
Oct 30, 2020
Election Day is just a few days away, and with its results, the fate of our country and a world already engulfed in chaos—a world that’s…
Oct 30, 2020
Contrary to popular belief, the streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Side are not paved with gold. And the 1199 members who work at Lenox Hill…
Oct 29, 2020
Member political organizer (MPO) Sophia Colley remembers when the Obama Administration, led by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe…
Oct 28, 2020
1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights.…
Oct 28, 2020
1199SEIU members know that we are at a historic turning point where the stakes have rarely been as high for health care and workers’ rights.…
Oct 28, 2020
The entire Maryland/DC Division of 1199SEIU offered congratulations to long term care member Pat Walker, who in early September was named a…
Oct 27, 2020
Dozens of workers at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (NFMMC) in Niagara Falls, NY held an informational picket Sept. 30 to call…
Oct 27, 2020
In September, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a package of nursing home reforms that will have significant impact for caregivers…
Oct 27, 2020
It’s the final stretch before the November 3 election and CNA Kaydra Bonamy is on a mission to get Floridians to vote. As a member political…
Oct 27, 2020
Members at Baltimore’s Fayette Health and Rehabilitation Center in September won a strong contract, even as they faced
COVID-19 challenges.…
Oct 27, 2020
1199SEIU members gathered Sept. 4 to mark National Homecare Day and recognize the contributions and challenges faced by homecare workers…