As 1199 Hospital Workers,
We Are Stronger Together

  • Brian Fullerton, Respiratory Therapist, Northern Westchester Hospital

    “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.”

  • Lorraine Mercado, RN, South Oaks Hospital

    “Joining the 1199 family means our jobs and our futures are secure. Having job security makes such a difference. It allows us to focus all our attention on making sure our patients receive the best possible care.”

  • Christian Perez, Service Associate, Northern Westchester Hospital

    “Being part of 1199 means my colleagues and I have a voice and bargaining power to negotiate fair contracts, so we are protected and supported. As a union member, I can maintain a fair salary according to my functions, good health insurance without copays for me and my loved ones, and job security. Also, I can go back to college to study health programs, with the educational advancement opportunities we have won through our union.”

  • Robert Tompkins, Cook, Northern Westchester Hospital

    “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.”

  • Maria Serna, Housekeeper, Northern Westchester Hospital

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

  • Jon A. Fatone, Watch Engineer, Northern Westchester Hospital

    “My coworkers and I joined 1199 to have real job security, take advantage of advanced education opportunities, and protect each other. Through our union, we also achieve the fair wages and medical benefits we deserve.”

  • Ernesto Rivera, Cook Helper, Northern Westchester Hospital

    “I joined 1199 for the excellent medical benefits we have fought for and won, job security, and a pension I can count on.”

  • Melissa Mortenson, RN, BSN South Oaks Hospital

    “We owe it to ourselves and to our profession to make sure our voice is heard. As 1199 members, we know that we can negotiate fair guidelines that take into account the patient’s level of acuity, when management is considering staffing levels and floating nurses to different departments.”

  • Barbara Matthews-Moody, RN, LIJ Forrest Hills Hospital

    “There’s nothing more basic to protecting my patients and protecting my family than making sure I have a safe place to work. With the union, we work together with management to correct problems before any of us gets sick or injured.”

  • Paula Campbell, RN, LIJ Forrest Hills Hospital

    “Working together in a union means we have a voice in staffing, scheduling, floating, and other important patient care issues. It means we work with the administration to improve our jobs and our hospital.”

  • Rosalie Faulkner, NP, South Shore University Hospital

    “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.”

1199SEIU is the Hudson Valley’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 Hudson Valley. 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 in New York and across the East Coast. By standing together, they have won some of the best wages and benefits in our profession. At Phelps, it’s our turn to win a real voice for ourselves and for our patients by forming our union with 1199SEIU.