The 1199SEIU New York State Political Action Fund (1199 NYS PAF) is leading the fight for good jobs, quality healthcare, and a decent life for all by electing leaders who truly advocate for working people—not just corporations and the wealthy. Every dollar that is contributed to 1199 NYS PAF goes straight towards supporting the issues and candidates 1199SEIU members have endorsed. We can use our power in numbers to build a movement that protects vital programs like Social Security and Medicare, defends our democracy, ensures our freedoms, and defeats wealthy special interests! 1199 NYS PAF is a registered PAC in New York and New Jersey and registers and reports in other states as required.
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We’re gearing up for the Medicaid fightback in 2026. Everywhere, we must call attention to the fact that protecting access to healthcare is not a partisan issue: it is supported by overwhelming majorities of Democratic and Republican voters alike. Read More
As a passionate advocate for both members’ rights and quality patient care, Ida Davis believes political action is crucial to improving the lives of working people. Read More
Members who work at the MJHS Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care on the southern tip of Brooklyn tend to stay for many years. With a contract negotiated through the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes, 1199 members benefit from labor-management collaboration, as well as fair wages and working conditions. Read More
When Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica in late October, 1199 members immediately began making plans to help those affected. Read More
On October 18, members from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida joined millions of fellow Americans to demand the federal government put families before billionaires and stop the deadly cuts to healthcare in the nationwide No Kings protests. Read More
More than 1,000 members at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie and Putnam Hospital in Carmel Hamlet, New York, won new minimum wages, improved shift differentials, as well as across-the-board wage increases and protection from layoffs. Read More
On the eve of a planned strike, members at Rockland Pulmonary and Medical Associates agreed their first contract Westchester Medical Center, winning 12 percent raises over the life of the three-year deal. Read More
“With the alarming behavior of the current US President, it is more important than ever to build one voice to fight back.” Read More
New York members came together to mobilize resistance to the greatest threat to healthcare in living memory. Read More
Gabe Fenigsohn is a Delegate at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, a hospital founded in 1820—the nation’s first specialty hospital. Read More
Legislation Would Improve Access to Licensed Creative Arts Therapy Read More
Cari Medina, Executive Vice President of 1199SEIU, which represents over 85,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, issueda statement in response to reports of the stabbing of a Boston Medical Center public safety officer Read More
Elected Officials expected to read holiday stories to children Read More
The weeklong food drive will support 20 working families and local community members experiencing food insecurity following delay in SNAP benefits amid historic government shutdown Read More
The food drive will support 20 families and local community members experiencing food insecurity as SNAP benefits set to resume following halt during historic government shutdown Read More
Statement from Yvonne Armstrong, President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Read More
Those in power in Washington, DC, who are pushing an anti-worker/pro-billionaire agenda are counting on our silence and inaction to allow their plans to succeed. Read More
Mamdani makes his case to 1199ers in NYC to win their votes on November 4. Read More
Our newly elected leadership is hitting the road to listen, learn, and lead together. Read More
