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SEIU 1199 WKO is a local of the Service Employees International Union, SEIU representing Health Care and Social Service Workers in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Before merging with SEIU 1199 WKO was part of 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union .
Unions exist to represent the interests of workers, who form the membership. Under US labor law , the National Labor Relations Act 1935 is the primary statute which gives US unions rights. The rights of members are governed by the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 1959 .
1199SEIU, the largest healthcare worker labor union in the United States. [1] SEIU Local 1199E which merged with SEIU Local 1998 to form 1199SEIU Maryland/DC Division. [2] SEIU Local 1199NE, the New England branch of the original Local 1199. [3] SEIU Local 1199NW, the Washington State branch of the original Local 1199. [3]
New York headquarters Headquarters, District 1199C of the 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union, and listed on National Register of Historic Places.. 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union was an American labor union founded as the Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union-District 1199 by Leon J. Davis for pharmacists in New York City in 1932.
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.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers [2] in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. [3] SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of members work in the healthcare field), including hospital, home care and nursing home workers; public services (government employees, including law ...
Becky Williams is a Union activist and the current president of SEIU District 1199, which represents more than 35,000 health care, social service and public sector workers across Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Williams is the first woman president of SEIU District 1199.
Most 1199 locals joined the Service Employees International Union, with 1199C in Philadelphia being the largest 1199 local to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The large flagship New York local remained independent until joining SEIU in 1998. [edit] Further reading * Fink, Leon; Greenberg, Brian (1989).