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.
Sep 16, 2021
At Wesley Gardens nursing home in Rochester, NY, 1199ers care for a broad range of patients—from seniors on a memory care unit to young…
Sep 14, 2021
Parents and children across the country are getting ready to return to school amidst the COVID-19 surge caused by the highly transmissible…
Sep 14, 2021
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Sep 14, 2021
Caregivers at Cayuga Ridge have been working short-staffed and without a contract since May 1, 2021. Downstate owners, Shalom and Barry…
Sep 13, 2021
New York City loves a party. And on July 7, the city held a big one with a parade honoring the essential workers who sacrificed so much…
Sep 13, 2021
In early July, 1199SEIU members and the League of Voluntary Hospital and Homes kicked off negotiations for a new collective bargaining…
Sep 13, 2021
1199ers were among the scores who rallied in lower Manhattan on July 29 demanding that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Police…
Sep 13, 2021
Members 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East rallied in Miami July 16 to show unity with Cuban citizens demanding freedom and fairness…
Sep 13, 2021
A delegation of 1199SEIU homecare and nursing home members travelled to New York State’s Capitol in Albany, NY on July 27 to give State…
Sep 13, 2021
I know that I speak for the entire 1199SEIU family when I say that we have never in our lifetimes faced a challenge like we’ve faced these…
Sep 13, 2021
The COVID vaccines available in the U.S. are safe and effective. When the vaccines first came out early in the year, many people were…
Sep 13, 2021
For more than 18 months, healthcare workers have led America through the COVID-19 pandemic. First, in March 2020, during the darkest days of…
Sep 7, 2021
Western New York home care workers and families hosted a roundtable discussion with Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) to share the…
Sep 7, 2021
Who:
Congressman Brian Higgins
Peter De Jesus Jr, President of the Western New York Area Labor Federation
Robert Weintraub, a local…
Sep 6, 2021
As a South Florida nursing home worker and a proud union member, it’s hard for me to believe this Labor Day that we’re still struggling so…
Sep 3, 2021
HOLLYWOOD, FL----To help protect the community against the COVID-19 virus, the ‘healthcare heroes’ of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers…
Sep 1, 2021
On Aug. 23 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had granted full approval of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for…
Aug 31, 2021
Micki Grant, who died on Aug. 21 at age 92, was the first woman to write the book, music and lyrics of a Broadway musical, “Don’t Bother Me…
Aug 25, 2021
From the start of the pandemic early last year, we and other health-care workers across the state sacrificed our health — and risked our…
Aug 24, 2021
ROCHESTER, NY — Home care workers and consumers will rally in support of President Biden’s Home Care Proposal, calling on Congress to sign…