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Since 2000, over 90,000 healthcare workers have joined 1199SEIU and have won raises, better benefits, retirement security, job protections, no-cost education opportunities and a voice in staffing and patient care. 1199SEIU is the fastest-growing, most effective union for healthcare workers in America. Read more

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    With over 37,000 members in Massachusetts delivering quality care in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, clinics, and at home, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the fastest-growing union in the Bay State. 1199SEIU is also the largest union of healthcare workers in the Commonwealth, having tripled in size since the former SEIU Locals 2020 and 9 merged to create the Massachusetts Division of 1199SEIU in October 2005. From Cape Cod to the Berkshires, 37,000 1199SEIU Massachusetts members are united as advocates for quality care and quality jobs.


    Friday
    Dec162011

    Nearly 200 hospital workers at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill Vote to Join 1199SEIU

    Healthcare workers vote to join union in continuation of largest hospital organizing effort in New England history

    BOSTON, MA – Hospital workers at Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Massachusetts have voted overwhelmingly to join 1199SEIU. The vote means that the nearly 200 hospital workers at Merrimack Valley will now join with thousands of other workers across Massachusetts in several other Steward Healthcare facilities.

    “Healthcare workers across Massachusetts know we must come together to protect the quality of care we provide, the economic health of our hospitals and our communities.” said 1199SEIU President George Gresham. “We’re proud to welcome the workers at Merrimack Valley into the 1199 family – and we’re ready to continue this unprecedented momentum at hospitals throughout Massachusetts.”

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    Friday
    Dec162011

    Registered Nurses Vote by 90% to Join 1199 at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Queens

    On Friday, September 16th, Registered Nurses at St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children in Bayside, Queens voted by a landslide to join 1199SEIU.  St. Mary’s RNs say they now have a voice to advocate for their patients, provide for their families and ensure good jobs for the communities in Queens.  The election for the 98 RNs follows a previous vote by 222 licensed professional nurses, nurses’ aides, clerks, dietary workers, housekeepers and others who voted by a wide margin to join 1199 in August.  Those workers have already begun the bargaining process, and soon St. Mary’s Registered Nurses will elect their bargaining team to sit down with management and negotiate an RN contract with job improvements. 

    “It’s very important for Registered Nurses to have a voice in the delivery of care,” said Cynthia MacDonald, a Registered Nurse at St. Mary’s  “Having a voice means that we will be able to create workplace policies that benefit the children we care for and the communities we live in, along with helping to raise standards for Registered Nurses everywhere.”

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    Aug062010