| 1199SEIU | |
| Affiliation: | SEIU |
| Members: | 347,139 (2013)[1] |
| Full Name: | 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East |
| Headquarters: | New York, New York |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Key People: | Leon J. Davis, founder Doris Turner[2] Dennis Rivera |
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 .
The 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]
Patrick 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]
. Leon Fink (historian) . Greenberg, Brian . 1989 . 0-252-06047-4 . Upheaval in the Quiet Zone . registration . . (Information on the early history of 1199.)
. Leon Fink (historian) . Greenberg, Brian . 2009 . 978-0-252-07605-3 . 2nd, paperback . Upheaval in the Quiet Zone . .