Press Center and Media Advisories
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/6915/8844/2514/FLN95_feat.jpg)
May 2, 2020
Miramar—In the midst of a widespread shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE), the state’s largest healthcare union has facilitated a…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3816/8563/8928/1199Logo.png)
May 1, 2020
MIAMI----Two months into the COVID-19 crisis and with the numbers of confirmed cases spiking in the state’s long-term care (LTC) facilities,…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3816/8563/8928/1199Logo.png)
Apr 29, 2020
Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has called on the state government to better protect nursing…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3816/8563/8928/1199Logo.png)
Apr 22, 2020
MIAMI----With COVID-19 surging in Florida, the state’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has outlined a…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3816/8563/8928/1199Logo.png)
Florida Healthcare Workers With 1199SEIU Union Reject Weakened COVID-19 Protections At HCA Hospitals
Apr 17, 2020
MIAMI---Nurses with Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have rejected new COVID-19 protocols from…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3816/8563/8928/1199Logo.png)
Apr 2, 2020
New York, NY - In light of the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in healthcare facilities nationwide, 1199SEIU President…
WEEKLY CLIPS
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/3515/4361/7058/ThePostStar_fa.jpg)
Nov 28, 2018
QUEENSBURY — Low pay and expensive health insurance is leaving the Centers nursing homes understaffed, workers said as they picketed outside…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/1715/4350/9555/BuffBusnessFirst_feat.jpg)
Nov 27, 2018
A timeline for the shutdown of Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has been set, with closure expected by late January.
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/1515/4231/0139/Spectrum400_feat.jpg)
Nov 13, 2018
The New York State Department of Health appointed The Grand Healthcare System to operate Emerald North and Emerald South Nursing and…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/2215/2760/4816/LaborPress_fa.jpg)
Oct 17, 2018
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Jonathan Smith, head of the New York Metro Area Postal Union, entered the Hunts Point Station post office in the Bronx on the…
![#](https://www.1199seiu.org/application/files/4415/2425/0360/CrainsNYBusiness_feat.png)
Oct 16, 2018
Health care employment in the state increased by more than 18% in the past 10 years, more than double the growth rate of overall employment,…
![#](/application/files/thumbnails/small/8315/3963/2616/modern-healthcare-logo.jpg)
Oct 15, 2018
The CMS is looking to increase its oversight of post-acute care settings through new civil money penalties on nursing home staff and a new…