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.
May 2, 2020
Miramar—In the midst of a widespread shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the state’s largest healthcare union has facilitated a…
May 1, 2020
MIAMI----Two months into the COVID-19 crisis and with the numbers of confirmed cases spiking in the state’s long-term care (LTC) facilities,…
Apr 29, 2020
Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has called on the state government to better protect nursing…
Apr 29, 2020
Montefiore Nyack Hospital on Wednesday celebrated the discharge of its 400th patient who has recovered from COVID-19 since the hospital…
Apr 26, 2020
1199SEIU Position Statement on the Decontamination & Reuse of N-95 Masks
Apr 23, 2020
I tested positive for coronavirus or was put on quarantine. What should I do?
Apr 23, 2020
When a Union of virtually all male pharmacy workers began organizing hospital workers in 1959, they unleashed an army of working women…
Apr 23, 2020
In March, Massachusetts home health workers welcomed Joe Kennedy III and U.S. Senator Ed Markey into their homes to hear about the struggles…
Apr 23, 2020
To prepare for the upcoming election and U.S. Census, as well as educating members about the realities of health disparities and systemic…
Apr 23, 2020
As the Coronavirus epidemic unfolds, at least 112,000 members of 1199 are among the most vulnerable in our nation. Those are the members of…
Apr 23, 2020
Dozens of 1199SEIU Florida members recently turned Tallahassee purple this February for Senior Day, one of the most important public events…
Apr 22, 2020
Resources and services to help limit economic hardship during this time
Apr 22, 2020
MIAMI----With COVID-19 surging in Florida, the state’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has outlined a…
Apr 22, 2020
1199 is moving from its famed Manhattan headquarters on West 43rd St., but the building’s proud history lives on.
Apr 22, 2020
Talk to residents of Baltimore and DC about the candidates who will make our cities work for working people.
Apr 21, 2020
I see the headlines on the News
I watch my family’s panicked faces
An illness coming for us all
Nondiscriminatory to our races
Apr 21, 2020
Traditionally, this time of year holds the promise of renewal. But right now, the United States is in the grips of a pandemic.
America’s…
Apr 21, 2020
As this magazine goes to press, we are facing an unprecedented moment in modern history. Much of the world is engulfed in a pandemic,
with…
Apr 21, 2020
When I started this column in late February ahead of the Super Tuesday primary elections there were still a half-dozen Democratic…