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.
Influence
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Hubert Gaspard (born 1967) is an American former diplomat who serves as president of Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank.
A noted Democratic Party leader and strategist, Gaspard served as executive director of the D ...
, a former
executive vice president for politics and legislation at the union, was the political director for
Barack Obama's
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the U ...
presidential campaign. Gaspard was appointed White House Political Director during Obama's first term in office.
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.
See also
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List of unions designated 1199
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Leon J. Davis
Leon Julian Davis (November 21, 1905 – September 14, 1992) was a Polish-born American labor leader who co-founded the Local 1199 of the Drug, Hospital and Health Care Employees Union (now part of SEIU) as 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
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SEIU
References
*(Information on the early history of 1199.)
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External links
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Service Employees International Union