Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East are once again using their hearts, minds and feet to get out the vote for candidates who advocate quality healthcare, good jobs, and economic and social justice. The union is well-known for educating its members before an election by deploying hundreds of healthcare worker volunteers to knock on doors and discuss candidate positions on issues of importance to working families.

“The 1199SEIU Yonkers slate played an important role in the successful fight to protect quality care and save vital healthcare worker jobs at the Michael Malotz Nursing Pavilion,” said 1199SEIU Vice President Patrick Forde. “They recognize that if we want the best care for our families and our communities, we need a stable healthcare workforce.”

Maria Kercado, 1199SEIU Executive Vice President in Westchester and the Hudson Valley said, “Our endorsed candidates are supporters of the Fight for Fifteen. They understand that thousands of healthcare workers who are the key to the new healthcare economy--home health aides, home attendants and nursing home workers, who all care for the frail and elderly--deserve at least $15 an hour.”

The 1199SEIU endorsed candidates in Yonkers are:

Westchester County Legislature: Piedad Abreau: LD 17 Ken Jenkins: LD 16

Yonkers City Council: Christopher Johnson: District 1 Michael Sabatino: District 3



“All of these community leaders have a strong record of standing up for Yonkers families,” said Kevin Finnegan, 1199SEIU’s Political Director. We look forward to our continued work with them in our efforts to advance quality patient care, stable living wage jobs, and affordable communities.

In addition to the door-to-door canvassing program, almost two thousand 1199SEIU members in Yonkers are receiving mailers, phone calls, e-mails and text messages that discuss the candidates’ records and positions and also include reminders that election day is on Thursday, September 10.



1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. We represent over 400,000 nurses and caregivers throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Our mission is to achieve quality care and good jobs for