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Drug Store Workers News News by Region NYC/Long Island Capital/Hudson Valley Upstate NY Maryland/DC Massachusetts New Jersey Florida All News     News by Occupation Registered Nurses Hospital Workers Clinic Workers Nursing Home Workers Homecare Workers Drug Store Workers Human Service Workers Retired Members Professional Workers All News All Out to NYC City Hall on October 25! Oct. 12, 2007 1199SEIU members from Long Island to the Hudson Valley are mobilizing for a rally on October 25 at City Hall in Manhattan to support tens of thousands of homecare sisters and brothers who are facing loss of healthcare benefits for their children and spouses. Read More » 1199er's Introduce New Pharmacy Chain Workers To Union May. 10, 2007 The 1199SEIU Pharmacy Division is growing stronger. On April 30 and May 1, 1199ers waged a successful two-day campaign, talking to several hundred Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacy chain workers in 14 NJ and NY counties, throughout New York City, Long Island, and north through the Hudson Valley and Albany area. Read More » Tens of Thousands Rally Against Bush/Spitzer Cuts Mar. 15, 2007 Tens of thousands of 1199SEIU members, doctors, healthcare industry administrators and their supporters marched and rallied in Manhattan today to oppose the $1.6 billion in deadly funding cuts New York’s healthcare system proposed by Governor Elliott Spitzer and President George W. Bush. Read More » 1199SEIU Wins New Master Contract Covering 125,000 Workers Jan. 23, 2007 The 350-member 1199SEIU Negotiating Committee on Jan. 22 unanimously agreed to a four-year contract with New York’s League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes. Read More » 1199SEIU Website Wins Labor Award Aug. 24, 2006 The 1199SEIU website, which was only launched seven months ago received a top award from the Internation Labor Communications Association (ILCA). Read More » Northern Manhattan 1199ers Mobilize for Affordable Housing Jun. 14, 2006 In recent years, landlords in northern Manhattan have been trying their best to put longtime residents out of their rent-stabilized apartments. Obviously this would fatten the landlords’ bank account, but it would further displace lower- and middle-income families and gentrify these neighborhoods. Read More » Catholic Network Holds Firesale On Hospitals As Union Members Organize Jun. 14, 2006 St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is slated to auction off Mary Immaculate, St. John's Queens and St. Vincent’s Staten Island Hospitals in June and July. Read More » 1199SEIU Dennis Rivera Addresses MA Democratic Convention Jun. 13, 2006 1199SEIU President Dennis Rivera addressed delegates at the Massachusetts statewide Democratic Party convention in Worcester last week. Read More » Ready to Make A Difference? Become a Healthcare Champion Jun. 13, 2006 1199SEIU will be kicking-off a major voter education campaign this summer. We are actively recruiting members who are ready to go door-to-door and educate voters. Read More » Western New York Healthcare Workers Make The Guggenheim Apr. 28, 2006 The occasion is the book party for Unseenamerica, a collection of photographs by 1199SEIU members and other workers, organized by the Union’s Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The book party will bring together some 500 guests, including other artist and dignitaries. Read More »