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Retired Members 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 1199 Retirees Celebrate 50 Years of Gains Dec. 23, 2009 Metropolitan New York 1199SEIU retirees celebrated 50 years of achievements at their annual holiday luncheon on December 21 at Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel. Read More » 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 » 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 » Retired but Active Jan. 04, 2007 Hundreds of 1199SEIU retirees from the New York City region celebrated another year of activities at their annual holiday luncheon December 21 in Manhattan’s Hilton Hotel. Above the ballroom dais hung a banner that declared, “Retired but Active.” 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 » Retired Members Organize To Meet Political Challenges Jun. 15, 2006 Some 700 members of the 1199SEIU Retired Members Division gathered at the Union’s New York City headquarters June 15 for a conference on how best to mobilize retirees to meet today’s political challenges. Read More » 1199SEIU Welcomes 180 New Members to Sound Shore Medical Center May. 31, 2006 After many years of discussion and cooperation, on April 20, 180 employees at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle (Westchester County, NY)became certified 1199SEIU members through card count recognition. Read More » 1199SEIU Takes on Baltimore Gas and Electric May. 30, 2006 Marylanders will be hit hard this summer when Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE)raises its electric rates by 72 percent on July 1st. But the people of Maryland are not rolling over for BGE. Read More » Unseen America Opens At Boston Public Library May. 22, 2006 The first unseenamerica class in Massachusetts was celebrated on May 17 with an opening at the Boston Public Library. Read More » Buffalo Vigil and Peace March for Lottie Matos a Success May. 15, 2006 Family, neighbors, elected officials, and 1199SEIU colleagues came together for a vigil and peace march celebrating the life of Lottie Matos on Friday, May 12, 2006. Ms. Matos was an Union member and Delegate for 34 years at Nazareth Nursing Home in Buffalo. It was Lottie Matos Day in Buffalo and in Erie County. Read More »