1199 Hospital Workers Have Won Benefits Under The Union Security Job Fund!

Those of us who work at Phelps Hospital want to keep working at our jobs for years to come. But as healthcare workers without a union, we are “at-will” employees, which means management can do whatever they want whenever they want. 1199 hospital workers have won significant benefits, which kick if we are laid off:

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“The union helps us, they protect us. Without them, a lot of us probably wouldn’t be employed right now.”

Karen Martin, CNA

Delmar Center for Rehab and Nursing

The job protections members of 1199SEIU have achieved include:

  • Job security

    We have bargained protection for current employees, and we have a provision in the contract that will ensure another job at a linked institution.

  • Extended healthcare benefits

    1199’s job security funds extend individual or family health coverage under the National Benefit Fund (NFB) based on the length of employment.

  • Supplemental unemployment benefits pay

    Members are entitled to an unemployment benefit based on former salary.

  • Short-term training

    Members can attend the fund’s job search workshops, specifically targeting workers in hard-to-place classifications.

  • Job search assistance

    Workshops in resume writing, interviewing skills and transferable skills for new job opportunities. Job placement referrals.