Statement of Milly Silva, Executive Vice President, on Supreme Court DAPA/DACA decision

Did you know that they/them is a pronoun, like she/her or he/him? We spoke with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East member Danny Mendoza, who uses they/them pronouns, about why pronouns are so important and about what it means to them to be non-binary.

This #PrideMonth, we’d like to introduce you to 1199er Claudia Martinez, who works at Whitman-Walker Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center in DC.

As we close out #CaribbeanHeritageMonth , we’d like you to meet 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Delegate Ionis Bandele, a Registered Nurse at University of Maryland Prince George’s Medical Center.

Meet Kathleen Ball, who has been an 1199SEIU member and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at BridgePoint Hospital in Southeast DC since June 2005. Her residents and fellow union members have long recognized what an exceptional CNA and coworker she is, and her facility awarded her Employee of the Year this year.

UM Capital Region Medical Center, meet your newest Delegate, RN Tamara Burgess and wish her a happy work anniversary! Tamara has been a nurse at Capital Region since July 2020, and she gives care at the Critical Care Unit (CCU). She explained, “This unit is unique because we take care of patients who are either walking and talking or they can be sedated and on the vent. So, it’s a broad spectrum, so you have to be prepared to do anything where you go.”

MIAMI---Members 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East rallied in Miami to show unity with Cuban citizens demanding freedom and fairness after decades of government tyranny, violence and corruption. Caregivers and other staff at Kendall Regional Medical Center marched, displayed signs and chanted support for brave Cubans who have taken to the streets calling for basic living needs and government reform.

During the economic downturn of the mid-1970s, employers fired and laid-off workers en masse. New York City placed its finances under the quasi-receivership of bankers and corporate bosses. In 1973, 1199 was the only union in the nation to strike against the cuts imposed by the Nixon Administration’s Cost of Living Council.

League contract negotiations have a profound influence on 1199 retirees. That is one reason why retired 1199 leaders are elected to each League contract negotiating committee.

In a powerful display of love and solidarity, hundreds of 1199ers and allies packed Bayard Street in New York City’s Chinatown for a rally on May 27 in support of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. With the action, 1199ers made clear their solidarity with the AAPI community and the insistence that all must stand up in the face of the current racist attacks on Asian Americans.