Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Healthcare workers are our most valuable resource in addressing COVID-19, and keeping healthcare workers safe must be our top priority. 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare workers’ union, has been working tirelessly with our members and partners to make sure our healthcare workers have what they need to do their job well and under the best conditions possible. Learn more here about how workers can protect themselves and how you can stand with workers on the frontlines of this crisis.

MY STORY: Gwendolyn, Boston

Caregiving is not my passion; it is my purpose. I have been a personal care attendant for nearly 14 years. As caregivers, we are not just providing a service, we are keeping families connected. It is important to be able to provide comfort to the loved ones of those we care for. READ MORE

MY STORY: Vishally, New York City

I have worked as a home health aide for most of my life. Before COVID-19, I spent 35 hours a week looking after a 72-year-old woman who needs an oxygen tank and depends on me for help with all her basic needs. I am her hands and feet. I pick up her medicines and go to the supermarket for her. READ MORE

MY STORY: Fatima, Bronx

I live with my husband and three adult sons. It used to take me 40 minutes on the subway to reach my 75-year-old client in Upper Manhattan. It is too risky to take the train these days, so instead I take two buses, which takes me 90 minutes each way. That journey is on top of the 12-hour-shifts I do four days a week to make ends meet. READ MORE

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We are in desperate need of resources to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the toll it continues to take. Healthcare workers can't do it alone. The federal government must do its part. Without providing access to lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) and crisis pay to cover essential bills, childcare, and transportation to work, healthcare workers are being forced to choose between caring for their patients and caring for their families.

Announcements

1199SEIU PRES. GRESHAM THANKS SENATORS SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND FOR PUSH FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FIGHT COVID-19

FLORIDA HEALTHCARE WORKERS WITH 1199SEIU UNION REJECT WEAKENED COVID-19 PROTECTIONS AT HCA HOSPITALS

FLORIDA’S LARGEST HEALTHCARE UNION CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE GOVERNMENT ACTION TO STEM DEEPER HEALTH CRISIS AS COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS SURGES IN STATE

FLORIDA’S LARGEST HEALTHCARE UNION 1199SEIU CALLS ON STATE OFFICIALS TO ENSURE BETTER PROTECTIONS FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS, PATIENTS FROM COVID-19

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FLORIDA HEALTHCARE WORKERS WITH 1199SEIU UNION REJECT WEAKENED COVID-19 PROTECTIONS AT HCA HOSPITALS

17^th Apr 20 9:42 pm

CONTACT: Ed Gilhuly | egilhuly@leftcom.com | 305.807.6906 MIAMI—Nurses with Florida’s largest healthcare union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have rejected new COVID-19 protocols from Hospital Corporation of America that weaken protections for caregivers against the highly contagious virus in HCA facilities around the state. HCA is one of the biggest healthcare companies in the nation […]

TAMPA BAY TIMES | OP-ED BY VP BOB GIBSON: AS FLORIDA’S PEAK LOOMS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS NEED MASKS AND GLOVES NOW

17^th Apr 20 10:27 am

If caregivers start falling in large numbers due to PPE shortages and other system shortfalls, who will take care of the rest of us? asks a healthcare union official. The following opinion column written by 1199SEIU Vice President Bob Gibson was published in the Tampa Bay Times: We’re more than a week away from the […]

WORKFORCE 2000’S SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM SUSPENDED

14^th Apr 20 10:24 am

Due to ongoing health and safety concerns surrounding COVID-19, worksite availability and staffing, New York City has suspended the 2020 Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). We are working hard to continue providing quality programming during these uncertain times and will send email updates with resources and possible SYEP alternatives in the coming weeks. Stay tuned […]

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