Bedside nurses throughout New York, Massachusetts and Maryland know an 1199SEIU contract ensures the highest quality of care for their patients—and the best working conditions for themselves. Read More »
Hospital Workers
1199SEIU represents nearly 100,000 hospital workers at over one hundred academic medical centers, hospitals and satellite facilities in New York City and its Long Island and northern suburbs, and throughout New York State, Massachusetts, Maryland and in Washington D.C. Read More »
Clinic Workers
Many of the regions where 1199SEIU is organized include small groups of workers at free-standing clinics. Read More »
Nursing Home Workers
Our Union represents some 70,000 nursing home employees throughout New York State, Maryland and Massachusetts. Read More »
Homecare Workers
With over 70,000 home attendants and home health aides, the Homecare Division is the largest single division—and the fastest growing—in 1199SEIU. Read More »
Drug Store Workers
1199 was originally organized in 1932 as a Union of pharmacists and drugstore workers. In addition to our current hospital-based pharmacists, the 1199SEIU Pharmaceutical Division today includes over 5000 pharmacists and other employees of the Rite Aid and Pathmark chains, and independent drugstores throughout New York. Read More »
Human Service Workers
While 1199SEIU is almost entirely comprised of healthcare workers in every sector of the Union, we also represent several thousand non-healthcare workers in human service organizations such as the Legal Aid Society and the New York Blood Center, and in educational institutions such as Columbia and Yeshiva Universities. Read More »
Retired Members
For 1199SEIU, retired members remain members of the Union. There are some 45,000 retired members. Most of them receive employer-paid pensions negotiated as part of the collective bargaining contract; and continue to enjoy supplemental healthcare benefits. Read More »
