Disruption in Healthcare

On December 6th, more than 500 1199SEIU nurses and nurse managers gathered at the tenth annual 1199SEIU League Registered Nurse Labor Management Initiative (RNLMI) Nursing Symposium, “The Real Hand-off in Healthcare: Disruption.” The goal of the annual Symposium is to...

Take the Pressure Off, NYC!

More than one in four New Yorkers, an estimated 1.8 million adults, report having high blood pressure. High blood pressure is a key contributor to heart disease and stroke, two conditions that are responsible for more than one in five premature deaths among adults in...

How Can Labor and Management Collaborate More Effectively?

How Can Labor and Management Collaborate More Effectively? November 1, 2019 found more than 430 union members, managers, leaders and employers gathering to learn about promising practices the 1199SEIU League Labor Management Project (LMP) has supported and...

Protecting Workers from Workplace Violence in the ED

Emergency department (ED) workers are frequently targets of violence.  One recent study showed that 55 percent of ED nurses experienced physical violence and/or verbal abuse from a patient or a visitor over a single one-week period. PCTs, security, technologists,...