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 10, 2022
Local Caregivers Say Ascension Living Closed Three Units and Threatens Lay-Offs Amid Staffing Crisis Exacerbated By Low Wages
Feb 9, 2022
“It’s outrageous that legislators in Tallahassee are allowing the nursing home industry to make Florida unsafe for seniors with advancing…
Feb 9, 2022
Bronx-based Centers Health Care is refusing sufficient wages for nursing home workers who are STILL risking their health and safety while…
Feb 8, 2022
Thank you for the opportunity to deliver this testimony regarding the proposed health budget on behalf of the 300,000 New York State members…
Feb 8, 2022
MIAMI - A new investigative report on America’s largest for-profit hospital corporation, HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), suggests the company…
Feb 4, 2022
Want to know what's going on around the around MD/DC region? The 2022 1199SEIU Maryland DC Regional Newsletter Archive web page can help.…
Feb 3, 2022
Union Caregivers Working Without A Contract Say Low Wages Exacerbate Staffing Crisis While St. Louis Based Ascension Living Closes
Three…
Jan 26, 2022
We have thousands of union members across Maryland and DC, and if we come together this year, we can pass bills and elect leaders that will…
Jan 23, 2022
“We have reached collective bargaining agreements with Complete Care management at ten NJ nursing homes. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues…
Jan 23, 2022
MIAMI — As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges across Florida, caregivers at HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) report critical understaffing at…
Jan 19, 2022
Governor Hochul is rightly responding to our ongoing healthcare crisis by putting an end to years of austerity and making desperately-needed…
Jan 14, 2022
“Whenever I felt despair, I thought about my family. It was my Mom who sustained me,” says Jon-Adrian Velazquez, who was finally released on…
Jan 13, 2022
As the Omicron variant spreads, it is important for you to understand the benefits that are available to you in the event that you or a…
Jan 10, 2022
We all expected and hoped against hope to see a healthier new year. But, the Omicron variant, raging across the world, has
quashed that…
Jan 7, 2022
Working in the healthcare profession, many 1199ers continued to battle the effects of COVID-19 in their institutions throughout 2021 despite…
Jan 6, 2022
As we head into the third year of a pandemic that has lasted longer than expected, Governor Hochul’s 2022 State of the State honors the work…
Jan 6, 2022
We all expected and hoped against hope to see a healthier new year. But, the Omicron variant, raging across the world, has quashed that…
Jan 6, 2022
MIAMI---The state’s largest union of healthcare workers, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, has published “A Crisis Of Their Own…
Jan 6, 2022
More than 70 Home Care members from New York and Massachusetts traveled to Washington, DC on November 16 to join a national rally
attended…
Jan 6, 2022
Every employee expects a grace period when they first start a new job. No one expects that a new employee should be operating with
the same…