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.
Oct 22, 2019
Albany, NY The uncertainty and the drama continue. Just yesterday, October 21, the health caregivers at Good Samaritan Nursing Home and…
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…
Oct 17, 2019
After months of bargaining, Personal Care Attendants in Massachusetts settled a new contract this June. The agreement was ratified in a…
Oct 17, 2019
1199ers throughout the Union are working hard to re-invigorate member engagement with AFRAM, the National African American caucus within…
Oct 15, 2019
Nora Duncan, a licensed practical nurse for more than 40 years and now a monitor tech at HCA-affiliated Westside Regional Medical Center in…
Oct 15, 2019
The Union’s summer program for teens helps build professionalism, independence and a vision for the future.
Oct 15, 2019
1199’s youngest environmentalists led our contingent at the historic climate march in New York City on September 20, where they rallied…
Oct 14, 2019
In September, 1199ers kicked off unionwide discussions of the 2020 presidential election with a member forum at the Union’s Manhattan…
Oct 14, 2019
The 1199SEIU/Employer Child Care Corporation will hold its annual Camp Fair on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 1199’s Cherkasky/Davis Conference Center,…
Oct 14, 2019
Title I of the LMRDA contains the Bill of Rights for members of labor organizations. The Bill of Rights guarantees union members equal…
Oct 14, 2019
This fall, the 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund (NBF) is offering all 1199SEIU members a free, online financial information series.
Oct 14, 2019
The first step in making change is making your voice heard. 1199ers who work in hospitals and nursing homes in New York City traveled to…
Oct 10, 2019
Last month, right after Labor Day, CNN conducted an unusual— actually, unique—seven-hour-long forum for the leading Democratic presidential…
Oct 10, 2019
At our Presidential Issues Forum held in New York City in September, Patrick Gaspard, Executive Director of the Open Societies Foundation…
Sep 30, 2019
Mineola, LI, NY- After a long, contentious struggle, workers at NYU-Winthrop Hospital on Long Island voted on Wednesday, September 25, to…
Sep 30, 2019
Health care is a fundamental right for all. All Americans have a right to equitable, affordable, accessible, culturally-competent, and…
Sep 30, 2019
Successful vote caps an over year long battle to organize workers in the face of management opposition.
Sep 16, 2019
The GW Hospital violated labor laws by improperly withdrawing recognition of the labor union representing hospital workers, according to a…
Sep 12, 2019
Washington, DC (September 11, 2019) - We applaud the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for ruling that Universal Health Services, Inc.…
Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday night was rough. A sharp scent drifted into Marjorie Salmon’s dream world at 4 a.m. She was still trying to rouse herself when its…