Lynn, MA Hospital Workers Wage Fight for First Contract
Jul. 29, 2010
After more than a year of negotiations without a contract, hundreds of workers at Union Hospital and citizens from across the region rallied yesterday asking management at Union Hospital/Partners Healthcare to keep good jobs and quality care on the North Shore of Massachusetts. North Shore Medical Center is operated by Partners HealthCare System, Inc, the largest healthcare system in Massachusetts with more than $5.2 billion in reserves.
We Did It! Long Island Homecare Workers, Advocates Protect Living Wage Increase!
Jul. 28, 2010
1199SEIU members in Long Island’s Nassau County phone banked, emailed, testified and finally they won. On July 26, the County Legislature voted to move forward with the planned increase for the living wage.
From New Jersey to New York’s Capital Region, 1199SEIU Delegates are Sworn into Office
Jul. 28, 2010
Last week, 1199SEIU activists from Southern New Jersey to New York’s Mohawk Valley were sworn in as Union Delegates by President George Gresham and Secretary-Treasurer Maria Castaneda. They were elected at their workplaces in the spring by their 1199 SEIU co-workers and took their oaths at Delegate Assemblies in Iselin, New Jersey on July 14th and in Albany, New York on July 15th.
Remember: Big Immigration Rights Action at Mets’ Citi Field Friday Nite
Jul. 28, 2010
In the wake of Wednesday’s court ruling blocking part of Arizona’s apartheid-like anti-immigration law, momentum is building for a major rally at Citi Field on Friday, July 30, in support of comprehensive immigration reform. 1199SEIU is joining with SEIU Local 32BJ, other labor unions, immigration rights groups and civil rights organizations at the NY Mets stadium at 6 pm on July 30th, when the Arizona Diamondbacks come to New York to play the Mets.
1199ers Join New Yorkers at Mets’ CitiField on July 30th
Jul. 23, 2010
1199SEIU members will join with friends from SEIU Local 32BJ, Latino Sports, the Latino Sports Writers Association, and the New York Immigration Coalition at 6pm on Friday, July 30h in a rally outside of CitiField in Queens, the home of the New York Mets baseball team.
Patient Disputes New North General Hospital Management’s Claims
Jul. 23, 2010
Dr. Neil Calman, founder of the Institute for Family Health (IFH), claimed this week that since IFH took over patient services at the clinics of Manhattan’s shuttered North General Hospital, those facilities have been “packed.”
Nassau County Homecare Workers Fight Back Against Proposed Living Wage Cut
Jul. 22, 2010
Four years ago, then-Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi signed a living wage law in front of a crowd of 1199SEIU homecare workers at our Martin Luther King Day March for Justice for Home Health Aides.
Over 1,100 Members in Upstate New York Gather For 1199 Family And Friends Day At Six Flags Darien Lake
Jul. 14, 2010
Five years ago, it began with 58 members from Buffalo. This year, 1199 Family and Friends Day has grown to over 1,000 members from all across Upstate New York. Family and Friends is a relaxing day at Darien Lake Amusement Park where 1199 members, their families and friends can gather and enjoy a picnic, raffles and the other festivities Darien Lake has to offer.
