League / 1199SEIU Bargaining Updates

Collective Bargaining Updates with 1199SEIU The League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (League) is in contract negotiations with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East (1199), the union that represents more than 85,000 frontline caregivers at hospitals and nursing homes across New York, including nurses, nurse aides, techs, lab workers, clerks, housekeepers, dietary workers,…

New York Times Article

1199 Union Forgoing Raises to Aid Pension By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Published: July 20, 2009 Facing a crisis in its pension fund, 1199, New York’s giant health care union, reached an innovative settlement on Monday that calls for forgoing nearly a billion dollars in raises for 145,000 union members so that hospitals can increase their pension…