Press Center and Media Advisories
Apr 26, 2023
Buffalo, NY – Healthcare workers, providers, and consumers continue to lobby elected leaders for increases to healthcare funding in the late…
Apr 26, 2023
More than 1,500 members of 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare union, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a contract that will improve…
Apr 25, 2023
Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham, on the passing of Harry Belafonte:
Apr 24, 2023
Buffalo, New York—Budget negotiations are entering their fourth week past the April 1st deadline and healthcare workers across New York…
Apr 20, 2023
MIAMI –Caregivers and leaders from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will host a virtual panel with Florida State Representative…
Apr 18, 2023
Buffalo, NY - More than 200 nursing home workers at four rural facilities in Western New York avoided a week-long strike after they reached…
WEEKLY CLIPS
Mar 11, 2019
Influencing the way politicians vote is a big business.
Last year alone, clients in New York City spent a total $102.6 million to help your…
Mar 8, 2019
BUFFALO, N.Y (WKBW) — Healthcare workers met with local elected officials Friday to warn of the consequences of Medicaid cuts proposed for…
Feb 27, 2019
This week, a 45-year-old immigrant in the U.S. illegally died in Border Patrol custody. His death follows the December deaths of 7-year-old…
Feb 27, 2019
Jumaane D. Williams, a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, was elected as New York City public advocate Tuesday night, notching a victory…
Feb 22, 2019
ALBANY – Labor leaders and top government officials in New York warned that Janus v. AFSCME, the Supreme Court case decided last June, was a…
Jan 31, 2019
Now that the presidential race has started (God help us), candidates have started discussing policies — and because the health care system…
