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Healthcare workers across the state are overwhelmingly in favor of Amendment 4 that would reverse Florida’s dangerous abortion ban and stop government interference in a woman’s most personal medical decisions. Read More

Weinberg Campus Caregivers, Resident Families, And Community Leaders Protested In Front Of New York State Department Of Health This Week In Continued Effort To Save Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home As Residents and Families Left Scrambling To Find New Homes Amid Bed Shortages Read More

Top WNY Leaders Called on NYS Department of Health To Save Weinberg Campus By Funding & Approving Receivership Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Statement of 1199SEIU President George Gresham and Secretary-Treasurer Milly Silva Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Their Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Announced Plan To Close Amid Management’s Inability To Consistently Pay Workers As Health Insurance Coverage Lapses Read More

Jennifer Parker faced four difficult pregnancies, including three miscarriages, before delivering a healthy baby girl 13 years ago. The Unit Secretary at HCA Florida Osceola Medical Center also has a friend who experienced the heartbreak of delivering a stillborn baby. These serious personal experiences as well as what she sees everyday as a healthcare worker makes her resolute in her support of Florida Amendment 4 on this November’s ballot to reverse Florida’s extreme abortion ban. Read More

As Union members we know that improving the lives of working people is better for everyone. Read More

Virginia Kondas, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at UHealth Tower in Miami and a member of 1199SEIU Florida, has been a caregiver for 30 years. She is a strong advocate of Amendment 4 on November’s ballot that would reverse Florida’s dangerous abortion ban and stop government interference with a woman’s most private medical care. Read More

Children are not born with a sense of social justice. It is something that develops over time if they are surrounded by positive influences. And it is never too early to instill the value of community and explain the value of collective action. Read More

We cannot afford to squander our chance to make our voices heard. Read More

More than 850 staff at Northwell Health’s Core Testing Facilities overwhelmingly voted to join 1199SEIU family on September 25. The new members included technologists, technicians, phlebotomists and customer service representatives. Read More

On September 26, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law critical reforms that will lay the groundwork for addressing the safety and staffing issues in the state’s nursing homes. Read More

Since being released from jail in 2021 after spending nearly 24 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Jon-Adrian Velazquez, has wasted no time. Read More

Members from all the Union’s regions who would like to learn more about how create change in their communities through political action are invited to take part in the Union’s Advanced Member Development program, which runs every year. Read More

1199SEIU members from all over Upstate New York came together over Labor Day weekend to celebrate the importance of uniting together as workers to negotiate better pay and conditions. Read More

1199SEIU members and their families from across Upstate New York enjoyed a fun day at Seabreeze Amusement Park in Rochester, NY on August 24. Read More

1199ers Celebrate Parade Season in NYC. Read More

1199SEIU members in Florida face extra challenges when it comes to bargaining strong contracts. Unlike workers in union shops in other states, workers in Florida must overcome greater obstacles to join and maintain strong unions, due to anti-worker legislation known as “Right to Work” laws. Recruiting the numbers needed to build a strong fighting force to negotiate fair wages and benefits is that much harder as a result. Read More