Jul 27, 2021
The Local 1199 Benefit Plan was formed in 1945, and its goal was to provide basic health, disability and life insurance benefits to just 300…
Jul 19, 2021
League contract negotiations have a profound influence on 1199 retirees. That is one reason why retired 1199 leaders are elected to each…
Jul 19, 2021
In a powerful display of love and solidarity, hundreds of 1199ers and allies packed Bayard Street in New York City’s Chinatown for a rally…
Jul 19, 2021
1199SEIU members have commenced preparations for contract negotiations with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and Group and…
Jul 19, 2021
As this magazine went to press, 1199ers were once again in the midst of making history: We were pushing to the finish line Maya Wiley’s bid…
Jul 19, 2021
Ebony Morrison, the 16-year-old daughter of Contract Administrator Anita Harewood, created this illustration to support her mom and other…
Jul 19, 2021
Workers at Windsor Gardens Care Center in East Orange, NJ held a picket line on May 13 to protest the attempted sale of the facility by the…
Jul 19, 2021
Hundreds of 1199SEIU homecare workers joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at New York’s City Hall in lower Manhattan on May 4 to…
Jul 19, 2021
1199SEIU members’ Invest in Quality Care campaign scored another big win in May, when the NYS Assembly and Senate passed legislation that…
Jul 19, 2021
May was Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. And I want to give a big shout-out of gratitude to our 1199SEIU AAPI Caucus…