As 1199 Hospital Workers, We Are Stronger Together

  • Cynthia Medavrapy, RN, Laurel Medical Center, MD

    "I'm proud to be a member of 1199SEIU because it gives me and my fellow nurses a voice in staffing. This shared voice helps us provide safe, quality care to our patients.”

  • Donald Bolin, Environmental Tech, Georgetown Hospital, Washington D.C.

    “Our contract guarantees us wage increases and secures our retirement. Because we are 1199 members, we have a say in our hospital and our future. I wish you all the best in fighting together as a team for your union at GWUH!”

  • Sophia Adu, RN, BSN, MSN, DNP, UM Capital Region Health, MD

    “Through our union contract, we’ve won job protections and better working conditions. 1199’s education fund has allowed me to advance my career. The union is a crucial form of support for us as hospital workers.”

  • Brenda Richards, Phlebotomist, University of Maryland Medical Center, MD

    “As 1199SEIU healthcare workers, we have the strongest voice for improving our pay and working conditions. I support your efforts to join 1199 because every hospital worker deserves to be treated with dignity and respect and receive professional wages. “

  • Brian Fullerton, Respiratory Therapist, Northern Westchester Hospital, NY

    “With 1199, the benefits for me and my family are unbeatable. Being part of our union means my coworkers and I can fight for and win fair wages and the good working conditions we need to care for our patients.”

  • Elizabeth Mauvais-Jazon, RN, UHealth Tower, Miami FL

    “Through our union, we make sure that important issues like safety and staffing are addressed. We negotiated the use of unsafe assignment forms as part of our legal contract. In Labor Practice Committees, we have a voice in nurse-patient ratios, winning adequate time to care for our patients to ensure patient safety.”

  • Rosalie Faulkner, NP, South Shore University Hospital, NY

    “Working together allows us to take a stand for our profession – to ensure that we can continue to deliver the best care to our patients while maintaining our professional standards.”

  • Robert Tompkins, Cook, Northern Westchester Hospital, NY

    “My time in my career truly means something because I’m an 1199 member. I joined our union for a fair wage, a solid pension, and job security for my 43 years of service.”

  • Wilma Vasquez, Patient Care Assistant, Phelps Memorial Hospital, NY

    "By forming our union, all of our efforts can finally be seen and our voices can be heard. We all have an important to role in our hospital, and when we have a real seat at the table we can only improve the care we provide for our patients."

  • Maria Serna, Housekeeper, Northern Westchester Hospital, NY

    “I am part of 1199 for the great medical benefits and the money I deserve for all my work.”

1199SEIU is Maryland and D.C.’s Hospital Worker Union

1199SEIU is the fastest-growing, most effective healthcare union in the country, including tens of thousands of members in hospitals across the Mid-Atlantic. This means that when we come to negotiate our first contract we will be in a very strong position to win better pay, benefits, and access to training, while improving patient care.

1199SEIU members have a union advantage.

Being a part of a union gives hospital workers a voice and a real seat at the table with our employers. That’s how members of 1199SEIU have won affordable healthcare, hazard pay, extra overtime pay, and pensions. Union contracts make it possible to win improvements for ourselves and better care for our patients.

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Join 1199SEIU

Unite with your coworkers to join 1199SEIU, a community of over 100,000 hospital workers across New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Maryland and D.C. By standing together, they have won some of the best wages and benefits in our profession. At GW Hospital, it’s our turn to win a real voice for ourselves and for our patients by forming our union with 1199SEIU.