1199 Expands Membership in Upstate New York Read More
Nuvance healthcare members raise their voices. Read More
Farewell to our friend and comrade Harry Belafonte. May you rest in power. Read More
1199ers show their strength at Clara Maass hospital in NJ. Read More
Dozens of your coworkers traveled to Tallahassee to meet with legislators to help build support for legislation that will respect, protect, pay us and staff our facilities at safe levels. Here’s an overview. Read More
More than 1,600 Homecare providers at Community Care Companions join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, New York’s largest healthcare union.
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Caregivers say lack of competitive wages from Bronx-based Centers Health Care contribute to chronic low staffing levels. Service workers earning near minimum wage as employer wants to eliminate critical healthcare benefits caregivers need in lieu of small wage increase. Read More
1199SEIU Professional & Technical Nursing Home Workers To Picket Absolut Care of Aurora Park On Wednesday Read More
Workers are demanding a competitive contract that protects wages and benefits while for-profit employer proposes significant cuts to wages & benefits for incoming new hires at bargaining table Read More
Rochester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing caregivers say lack dignity and respect, low wages, and limited benefits lead to chronic short staffing
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Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals;
Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns, Staffing Crisis Read More
Florida Caregivers File Unfair Labor Practice Complaint Against HCA Hospitals;
Vote To Refuse Voluntary Overtime Due To Safety Concerns, Staffing Crisis
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A week after more than 300 members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers met with state and city officials about the crisis in healthcare, a new survey of workers shows deep concern with staffing, burnout and unsafe working conditions in nursing homes, health centers, and hospitals. Read More
MIAMI –Dozens of caregivers, healthcare workers and supporters will rally this week outside HCA Florida hospitals to highlight the critical staffing and care crisis at HCA facilities across the state, including May 9 near HCA Florida Largo Hospital. The events will be led by members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the state’s largest union of healthcare workers.
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Bronx, NY—Low-income communities like the Bronx will be harmed by Gov. Hochul’s healthcare budget, workers and advocates say, as she hosts a high-dollar fundraiser at the Yankees-Guardians game on Tuesday night. Read More
The world-class contracts 1199 members within the NY League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes have negotiated over the last several decades are a testament to the Union’s remarkable success. The wage increases that were agreed at the recent League wage re-opener in early March, is just the most recent win. Central to these victories was broad community support, political action, expert public relations and communications. Most important, was the work of members in the workplace. Read More
“I came to this country as a single mother with a young boy in 1991,” says Dr. Marlene Malcolm, a Jamaican immigrant to New York who started working as an 1199 Pharmacy Technician at Montefiore Medical Center upon her arrival. Read More
A lot can change in four days. When the 500 members of 1199SEIU’s League Bargaining Committee started the process of negotiating with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Health Systems to reopen the contract in March, they knew they had a battle on their hands. Their existing contract did not expire until September 2024. Read More
Members at the University of Maryland Medical Center’s Midtown campus ratified their strongest contract ever in February, after months of tough bargaining. In the end, members were able to negotiate wage increases that amount to more than 10 percent for the longest-serving workers. 1199 Magazine recently caught up with some of the Union Delegates on the bargaining committee to find out how they did it. In the years since workers first organized with 1199 to form a union at the hospital, members have been working steadily to improve their wages and conditions. Read More
It was a crisp and sunny morning on March 21st, when thousands of 1199 members from all over New York State converged around the Capitol building to make sure Governor Kathy Hochul knew what was at stake if she did not amend her proposed state budget. Bus after bus pulled into nearby parking lots until more than 15,000 members from New York City, Long Island and even Buffalo had filled the streets ahead of a massive rally which filled the MVP arena. Read More