1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is a healthcare union in the United States, with a membership of 400,000, including retirees. It is a local union within the Service Employees International Union. It is a former local of 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East | |
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| Founded | 1932 |
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| Headquarters | New York, New York |
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| Members | 347,139 (2013)[1] |
Key people | Leon J. Davis, founder Doris Turner[2] Dennis Rivera |
| Affiliations | SEIU |
| Website | www |
History
editThe 1199 Union traces its origins to women of color employed at drug stores and volunteer hospitals in New York City, who worked for relatively low wages.[3]
Influence
editPatrick Gaspard, a former executive vice president for politics and legislation at the union, was the political director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.[4] Gaspard was appointed White House Political Director during Obama's first term in office.[5]
In 2016, 1199SEIU's president George Gresham was credited by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for helping secure the passage of the $15 minimum wage in New York State.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 031-847. Report submitted May 20, 2014.
- ^ Young, Cynthia A. (1 November 2006). Soul Power: Culture, Radicalism, and the Making of a U.S. Third World Left. Duke University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8223-8861-6.
- ^ Botein, Hilary (2009). "Visions of community: post‐war housing projects of Local 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Local 1199, Hospital Workers Union". Planning Perspectives. 24 (2): 187. doi:10.1080/02665430902734293. ISSN 0266-5433.
- ^ McAllister, Jarred (June 27, 2008). "Haitian American labor leader Patrick Gaspard in key job with Barack Obama". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on March 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Gray, Geoffrey (November 9, 2008). "Hope for O Gig? Gaspard's Your Guy". New York. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ "Live coverage: Cuomo signs bill raising New York's minimum wage to $15". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- Fink, Leon; Greenberg, Brian (1989). Upheaval in the Quiet Zone. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06047-4.(Information on the early history of 1199.)
- Fink, Leon; Greenberg, Brian (2009). Upheaval in the Quiet Zone (2nd, paperback ed.). University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07605-3.