1199SEIU: New York’s Healthcare Worker Union

United in 1199, we have the most powerful voice to improve our jobs and patient care.

What Can We Win Together? Hear from 1199 Members:

As Healthcare Workers, We Are Stronger Together

1199SEIU is the fastest-growing, most effective healthcare union in the country, including tens of thousands of members in clinics and hospitals across the Hudson Valley. This means that when we come to negotiate our first contract we will be in a very strong position to win better benefits, pay, and respect, while improving patient care.

Dawn Cholewka, Garnet Health Middletown, Surgical Tech, 1199SEIU Delegate

“As a delegate I am proud of our membership. We stood strong and were able to secure a contract that includes a 15% increase over 3 years, health insurance with no out of-pocket costs, and On Call increase of $15, then $17hr. This was a tough win, but a win!"

“I’m in an RN program, and everything has been paid for by the 1199SEIU Training Fund, from pre-reqs to clinicals to books. I also recently took an in-service seminar in wound care through the union training fund for free, which would have cost me $1,500 out of pocket.” 

Stella Davis, LPN, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, New York

1199SEIU members have a union advantage.

Forming a union gives healthcare workers a voice and a real seat at the table with our employers. Union contracts make it possible to win improvements for ourselves and better care for our patients, raising standards for healthcare jobs across our region. Together, 1199SEIU members have fought for and won:

  • Excellent benefits, including no-cost healthcare

  • Strong job protections

  • Some of the highest wages in the country, with guaranteed annual raises 

  • Retirement security with a union pension 

  • No-cost training and education opportunities 

  • Safe Staffing 

  • Respect and a voice on the job! 

“As 1199SEIU members, having the power to negotiate over workplace decisions ensures that our professional expertise is heard and our needs are respected—not just Management’s bottom line.”

Margaret Welge, Laboratory Technologist (left), South Shore University Hospital, New York

1199SEIU Healthcare Workers Say: Join Us!

To lean more and contact an 1199SEIU union organizer, call:

(518) 528-5468