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More than 1,000 Florida nursing home workers now have a new contract. It was recently ratified after months of often intense negotiations between bargaining team members with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest union representing healthcare workers in Florida and nursing home owner and operator Aspire Health Group, one of the biggest companies in the industry. Read More

The ICE raids in Newark yesterday—and elsewhere across the nation—are utterly appalling and shameful. Hardworking, law-abiding people, American citizens and residents alike, are being profiled and dragged violently out of their neighborhoods and places of work. This is in clear violation of due process and our constitution. Read More

1199SEIU responded to Massachusetts Governor Healey’s proposed FY26 budget, which would impose overly-restrictive growth caps on the state’s Personal Care Attendant (PCA) program and freeze the MassHealth rates paid to community and safety-net hospitals. Read More

1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against UR Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As 400 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

Healthcare Worker Union Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and commitment to workers’ rights Read More

1199SEIU Filed Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University of Rochester Medicine Homecare for Bargaining in Bad Faith As More Than 300 People Sign Public Petition Demanding That URMHC President & CEO Greg Hutton Settle Fair First Contract Read More

If we remain united, we can emerge even stronger. Read More

As we know, the job of caregivers is needed every single day, no matter what the season. Come January, 1199ers will also be called upon to use our collective power to defend our Union rights and help protect the most vulnerable in society. Read More

Staff retention was a key issue in the hard-fought campaign. Read More

1199ers attended the inauguration of joined Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott after working hard to help him win a second term. Read More

Title I of the LMRDA contains the Bill of Rights for members of labor organizations. Read More

Members campaigned for reproductive rights related ballot measures in three of the 1199 regions. Read More

1199ers came together on a sunny Saturday morning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for the Panamanian Day Parade. Read More

On November 14, new members at the Boston-based Fenway Health clinic braved the cold to urge community members attending the Fenway Health fundraising gala to support caregivers in their yearlong fight for a fair contract. Read More

How members can retrain with the Career Pathways Training Program to further their careers and address skills shortages. Read More

Member political action is more important than ever as we prepare to confront an anti-worker agenda at the national level. Read More

2024 in review. Read More

The 1199 Magazine recently met a few of these dedicated professionals at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to gain a better understanding of the important work involved in bedside care and patient preparation. Read More

In the days immediately following the presidential election, 1199 Magazine invited some of the most politically active Union Delegates to a virtual summit to share their feelings about the results and hear about their vision for future political action. Read More

Up and down the East Coast, members helped worker-friendly candidates to win. Read More