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New York State Assemblymember Meeks Calls on URMC To Settle Fair Agreement Read More

Registered Nurse Tonya Moore touches her patients in many ways. In addition to providing quality care to patients in UHealth Tower’s 11 South oncology department, Moore crochets hats, blankets and scarves for those who could use a thoughtful gift to help lift up their spirits. Read More

Marlyn Hoilette, a longtime member leader of 1199SEIU Florida and a registered nurse at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, took a top role at a national nurse conference and rally in Miami that highlighted the staffing, retention and care crisis in healthcare facilities across the country. Read More

Healthcare & Service Workers Demand Living Wage To Recruit & Retain More Staff While Leaders At University of Rochester Have Seen Their Salaries Nearly Double In Recent Years Read More

Informational Picket & Press Conference Set For This Week Called-Off After Downstate For-Profit Owners Began Paying Two of Three Owed Bonuses. Read More

“The selection of Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House—with unanimous Republican support—underscores how entirely out-of-step the Republican Party is with the American people. Rep. Johnson has a reprehensible voting record: he voted to gut nutrition programs for children, criminalize abortion, end Social Security, and eliminate the Violence Against Women Act. Read More

Informational Picket Set for Wednesday Is Now Called-Off. A Press Conference Will Be Held Friday If Caregivers Do Not Begin Receiving Their Earned Bonus Money. Read More

Caregivers Win 18% Wage Increases, Improvements in Health Insurance & Other Benefits Read More

Embracing ethnic diversity is not only just, but it is also the key to maintaining our power. Read More

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month in September, two members share their stories. Read More

More than 350 nurses from SEIU locals from numerous states recently gathered in Miami for a dynamic professional development conference and a dramatic rally that highlighted the staffing, retention and care crisis in healthcare facilities in Florida and across the country. Read More

Supervisors at HCA Florida Regional Hospital had been failing to properly follow the staffing rotation and rules by regularly sending O.R. nurses home early before their shifts were supposed to end, forcing nurses to use their PTO. Read More

From nurse degree programs and continuing education courses to citizenship classes, the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund has a variety of programs and resources to help UHealth Tower staff reach their educational goals. Read More

Let’s not forget that 1199 is part of a larger labor movement. Worker wins in any industry benefit us all. Read More

In a groundbreaking settlement, the 58,000 Personal Care Attendants (PCA) in Massachusetts who are paid directly by the state government to work in home care, have ratified a new three-year contract that creates a pathway to earning $25 per hour. Read More

As Rite Aid begins closing stores in New York City and New Jersey amid reports that it is planning to file for bankruptcy, 1199 has been holding regular meetings with members to help ease their path into new jobs in healthcare. Read More

Lockport Memorial Hospital is due to open in mid-October. The new hospital will serve a community of 80,000 people. Management has agreed to employ all the Union employees from Eastern Niagara. Read More

On September 4, members from Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse came together in marches across New York State in honor of Labor Day. Read More

The New York cohort of members who took part in the Union-led Member Leadership Development Program identified a need to address the ongoing effects of stress that many healthcare professionals are still experiencing as a result of the pandemic. Read More

On September 26, members took part in the annual Brides’ March in Upper Manhattan in honor of Gladys Richart. Read More