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This #PrideMonth, we’d like to introduce you to 1199er Claudia Martinez, who works at Whitman-Walker Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center in DC. Read More

As we close out #CaribbeanHeritageMonth , we’d like you to meet 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Delegate Ionis Bandele, a Registered Nurse at University of Maryland Prince George’s Medical Center. Read More

Meet Kathleen Ball, who has been an 1199SEIU member and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at BridgePoint Hospital in Southeast DC since June 2005. Her residents and fellow union members have long recognized what an exceptional CNA and coworker she is, and her facility awarded her Employee of the Year this year. Read More

UM Capital Region Medical Center, meet your newest Delegate, RN Tamara Burgess and wish her a happy work anniversary! Tamara has been a nurse at Capital Region since July 2020, and she gives care at the Critical Care Unit (CCU). She explained, “This unit is unique because we take care of patients who are either walking and talking or they can be sedated and on the vent. So, it’s a broad spectrum, so you have to be prepared to do anything where you go.” Read More

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MIAMI---Members 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East rallied in Miami to show unity with Cuban citizens demanding freedom and fairness after decades of government tyranny, violence and corruption. Caregivers and other staff at Kendall Regional Medical Center marched, displayed signs and chanted support for brave Cubans who have taken to the streets calling for basic living needs and government reform. Read More

During the economic downturn of the mid-1970s, employers fired and laid-off workers en masse. New York City placed its finances under the quasi-receivership of bankers and corporate bosses. In 1973, 1199 was the only union in the nation to strike against the cuts imposed by the Nixon Administration’s Cost of Living Council. Read More

League contract negotiations have a profound influence on 1199 retirees. That is one reason why retired 1199 leaders are elected to each League contract negotiating committee. Read More

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 on May 27 in support of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. With the action, 1199ers made clear their solidarity with the AAPI community and the insistence that all must stand up in the face of the current racist attacks on Asian Americans. Read More

1199SEIU members have commenced preparations for contract negotiations with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and Group and Greater Nursing Homes by sending a strong message that the same workers who were called heroes during evening rounds of applause and on splashy banners, need to be recognized the same way at the bargaining table. Read More

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 to become New York City’s next mayor. With New York City’s June 22 Mayoral Primary fast approaching, 1199’s formidable political operation was in full swing—masked, vaccinated, and working hard to elect Wiley and a host of other endorsed candidates for offices that include New York City Council, Borough President, and District Attorney. Read More

Ebony Morrison, the 16-year-old daughter of Contract Administrator Anita Harewood, created this illustration to support her mom and other 1199ers as they prepare for negotiations with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and the Group and Greater. Ebony is a junior at New York City’s High School of Art and Design. Read More

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 current operator, Windsor Healthcare Communities, to Complete Care Management, a fast-growing private equity-owned nursing home chain. Read More

Hundreds of 1199SEIU homecare workers joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at New York’s City Hall in lower Manhattan on May 4 to thank Senator Schumer, President Biden and their colleagues supporting the American Jobs Act. President Biden’s proposal includes $400 million over the next 10 years to help and reform the growing homecare industry. Read More

1199SEIU members’ Invest in Quality Care campaign scored another big win in May, when the NYS Assembly and Senate passed legislation that requires minimum staffing at all nursing homes. Both houses also passed a bill that addresses safe staffing levels in hospitals. Read More

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 for celebrating the diversity and richness of Asian culture and for raising the consciousness of the rest of us. Read More

今天是個好日子！在漫長的一年半之後，我們歡迎Partners in Care的會員回到機構。眾所周知，家庭護理人員在疫情期間一直苦苦掙扎。案件數量減少了。家庭護理機構不得不對工人關閉大門。你們中的許多人不得不離開這個行業，通常是因為你們照顧那些受疫情影響或自己生病的家庭成員。 Read More

After a very long year and a half, our Partners in Care members are being welcomed back into the agency. As you all know, homecare workers have really struggled throughout COVID-19. Case numbers dwindled. Read More

Después de un largo año y medio, nuestros miembros de Partners in Care están siendo bienvenidos nuevamente a la agencia. Como todos saben, los trabajadores de atención domiciliaria realmente han luchado durante toda la pandemia del COVID-19. Read More

Immediately after RN Deb Montgomery was hired full-time by HCA Palms West Hospital in December 2019 she joined 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East for the better pay and protections provided as part of a union. Read More