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Professional 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 Marine Biolab Housekeepers Will Travel To NYC, Seek Out MBL Trustees Feb. 05, 2010 Gary Borisy, CEO of the world-renowned Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA, has rejected a request to meet with eight veteran MBL housekeepers whose jobs are slated to be outsourced to a controversial Texas firm, Jani-King Intn’l, Inc. Jani-King is facing class action lawsuits in multiple states for violating workers rights and labor laws. Read More » Continuing Ed Programs Bring Professional and Technical Members Up to Speed Oct. 26, 2009 Among the consequences of today’s deep economic and healthcare crises is the demand on employees for more stringent requirements and standards, including certifications, advanced degrees and continuing education credits. Read More » Maryland 1199SEIU Nurses Star in a Series of Health Care Reform Videos Oct. 13, 2009 Two 1199SEIU nurses from Maryland are starring in series of health care reform videos called “Health Care Professionals Speak Out for Reform,” currently posted on the Senate Democrats website. Linda Bock, an RN at the Senior Health Center in Brentwood, Maryland and Debbie Wilkes, an RN in the NICU at Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly, Maryland speak from experiences over their long careers of caring to demonstrate that the nation’s broken health care system must be fixed now. Read More » St. Luke’s Professional/Technical Committee Celebrates Three Years of Achievements Sep. 01, 2009 Members of the Professional and Technical Committee at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan are not satisfied with simply addressing workplace concerns. “Our committee also tries to make a difference in the lives of the patients,” says St. Luke’s social worker Elena Gonzalez, an 1199SEIU Delegate chair of the hospital’s professional and technical committee. Read More » Columbia Picket Aug. 28, 2009 New York—More than 300 clerical and technical workers joined together at a rally for a fair contract in front of Columbia University Medical Center on Tuesday, August 25th. Read More » Town Hall Meeting Addresses Healthcare Issues Jul. 13, 2009 More than 200 doctors and nurses crowded a hotel room in Washington DC to hear anecdotal stories of how America’s health care system is not serving the American people. The story tellers were nurses and doctors who are the frontline givers of health care services. Read More » Medical Interpreter Training Translates Into Quality Care Jun. 15, 2009 Workers in community-based healthcare settings who are skilled in more than one language are called upon to translate in many situations as they come up. Read More » Georgetown Hospital Workers Beat Back Subcontracting Effort May. 13, 2009 A proposal to subcontract out food service workers at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC was recently defeated by 1199SEIU members. Medstar, the operator of the hospital, told workers that it intended to subcontract the entire dietary department to the operator that was already managing part of the area. Read More » Sentosa Nurses Win—With Help from 1199SEIU Feb. 11, 2009 1199SEIU is among several groups which came to the defense of 10 foreign-trained nurses who were indicted for patient abandonment at a nursing home on Long Island, New York. Read More » 1199SEIU Celebrates New Member Citizens Jan. 21, 2009 Guiseppe Martinelli arrived in New York 23 years ago from Italy. He found a job as a cook with the Providence Rest Nursing Home in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx where he is still employed, together with some 200 members of 1199. Since his arrival, he has raised a family – two children born here -- bought a home, and dutifully paid his taxes. Read More »