The Upstate/WNY Division of 1199SEIU is the voice of healthcare employees in western, central, and northern New York State. The region includes more than 23,000 workers at 29 hospitals, 70 long-term care facilities and clinics, a home care agency, a physicians practice, and a business clerical group. Members of 1199SEIU's Upstate/WNY division work in 26 counties throughout Upstate New York, from the Adirondacks to Niagara Falls, and include registered nurses, hospital workers, professionals, nursing home workers, and home care.
Feb 22, 2023
1199 Home Care members convened at the New York State capital on January 25, for a press conference to urge lawmakers to pass a much-needed…
Feb 22, 2023
Our country has been celebrating Black History Month for nearly half a century, since it was adopted in 1976, following a campaign by…
Feb 22, 2023
There’s an old saying that if you want the rich to work harder, you pay them more. If you want the poor to work harder, you pay them less.
Feb 7, 2023
Rochester, NY - More than 100 nursing home workers at Unity Living Center have been working without a contract since July 31, 2022 when…
Feb 3, 2023
More than 200 nursing home workers at four rural facilities in Western New York are fighting for a fair contract. Their 3-year contract…
Jan 31, 2023
“As an organization of healthcare workers dedicated to providing the very best care to our patients, our members are deeply disturbed by the…
Jan 30, 2023
On January 18, 1199ers joined virtually and in-person to reflect on 2022 to inform their 2023 plan to win higher wages and address…
Jan 15, 2023
1199SEIU workers will join alongside community groups, activists, and performers to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Reverend Martin Luther King,…
Jan 9, 2023
Today, 1199SEIU healthcare workers of every stripe—in hospitals and nursing homes, home care, pharmacies, community health clinics and every…
Jan 6, 2023
“We congratulate NYSNA for the groundbreaking tentative agreements they have achieved at many New York hospitals, and we call on the holdout…
Jan 5, 2023
Upcoming Massachusetts Trainings and Workshops
Jan 4, 2023
The past year has been an especially good one for 1199 home care members in New York State. In February, an arbitrator issued an historic…
Jan 4, 2023
As the country went into the midterm elections on November 8, the GOP was crowing about an expected “red wave” – counting on voters’ fears…
Jan 4, 2023
“I am an entertainer in my soul,” says DJ Ketchup—aka Chaheem Priest, an 1199 Resident Support Worker at Glendale Nursing Home in…
Jan 3, 2023
Just one month after marking National Physician Assistants week, a group of 345 Physician Assistants (PAs) at Montefiore Medical Center’s…
Jan 3, 2023
More than 6,300 healthcare workers at the largest private hospital system in Western New York won a new three-year contract in October,…
Jan 3, 2023
Florida members living and working in the path of Hurricane Ian, which made landfall on September 28, are still reeling from its effects. It…
Dec 30, 2022
In a year when union organizing nationwide saw a dramatic resurgence, thousands of healthcare workers seized the moment to come together…
Dec 30, 2022
We dodged disaster in last month’s midterm elections. Despite all the polling and predictions, the GOP “red wave” largely receded and ended…
Dec 30, 2022
As we say goodbye to 2022 and usher in the New Year, we have many achievements to look back on to make us proud, as well as hopeful. There…