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remained with the RWDSU. NUHHCE received a charter from the AFl-CIO in 1984, which prevented any raids on it. But NUHHCE was too thinly spread nationwide, however, with 75,000 members in 12 locals, and its leaders quickly decided to merge with another national union. In 1989, NUHHCE permitted its
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locals to vote to merge with either SEIU or AFSCME. A third of the locals affiliated and the NUHHCE headquarters went with AFSCME, and two-thirds with SEIU. Most 1199 locals joined the
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Botein, Hilary (2009). "Visions of community: post‐war housing projects of Local 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and Local 1199, Hospital Workers Union".
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in 1969. The union led a strike there that never led to a contract, but had success in creating new 1199 districts in
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Headquarters, District 1199C of the 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union, and listed on
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The union's first campaign outside of New York City was the formation of District 1199B in
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employed at drug stores (and later volunteer hospitals) throughout New York City.
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Moe Foner, Organizer, Nonnie Perry and other leaders of 1199 began meeting with
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Since 1199 was a "left-led" union, its leadership was investigated by the
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Berliner, Howard S.; Gibson, Geoffrey; Devine-Perez, Cyprian (2001).
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famously described 1199 as "my favorite union", and his widow,
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in 1932. The union organized all workers in drug stores on an
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
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Medical and health organizations based in New York City
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class Historyr
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About Local 1199's current president, George Gresham
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National Register of Historic Places
Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union
Leon J. Davis
New York City
industrial
pharmacists
soda jerks
women of color
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union
African-American
Puerto Rican-American
Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr.
Coretta Scott King
Columbia, South Carolina
Upstate New York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut, Rhode Island
West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio
George Hardy
SEIU
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union
original 1199
Service Employees International Union
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

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