The 2024 election season is here, and 1199SEIU is launching a major drive to ensure that we have the resources needed to build a healthcare workers’ movement to defend our democracy, protect our rights, and defeat wealthy special interests.
The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU members are concerned about the future of Steward Healthcare in Massachusetts.
Local Healthcare workers traveled to Albany to yesterday to lobby WNY Senate & Assemblymembers in demand for full funding to Medicaid Health Insurance program as Governor Hochul’s proposed budget includes more than $1 billion in cuts to healthcare
The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU members are gravely concerned about the future of Steward Healthcare in Massachusetts.
Union files charges with National Labor Relations Board alleging the employer violated labor law by bargaining in bad faith and participating in direct dealing with workers
In her State of the State address on January 9, Governor Hochul noted that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in the rest of the U.S—42% of hospital facilities in New York had an operating deficit in 2021.” The Governor did not mention that the figure rose to 63% in 2022.
Program will celebrate Dr. King’s work in the labor movement and commitment to workers’ rights through music, poetry, and dance with keynote speaker Mayor Malik Evans, remarks from NYS Assemblymember Demond Meeks, and Proclamation from Governor Kathy Hochul’s office
Hospital and clinic caregivers are fighting for living wages and quality benefits to help retain and recruit more staff to care for patients in rural Upstate communities
Governor Hochul’s State of the State address notes that “hospitals in New York are struggling financially more than in the rest of the U.S—42% of hospital facilities in New York had an operating deficit in 2021.”
We are pleased that New York’s Medicaid waiver has been approved. 1199SEIU and Greater New York Hospital Association have advocated for the waiver’s approval for more than a year.