Physician Assistants United in 1199SEIU Have a Strong Voice in Our Workplace
To Advance Our Professions & Protect Our Patients
PAs need a real say in our jobs and patient care
Physician Assistants need a strong voice both at work and in government, to assert our important role in the healthcare delivery team, build respect for our profession, ensure we are respected and properly compensated, and advocate for our patients. Joining 1199SEIU is our opportunity to win our voice and join the strongest, most effective, and fastest-growing union of hospital professionals in the country.
As hospital professionals, we are stronger together
Over 450,000 healthcare workers have united in 1199SEIU to win power and a real say in our jobs, including over 35,000 professional and technical members. The collective strength and expertise of our union allows 1199SEIU members to negotiate strong contracts that advance the needs of our individual professions and improve patient care.
11999SEIU Pro-Techs have won the highest job standards
With the right to negotiate a union contract and the strength of our union, 1199SEIU Pro-Tech members have won higher pay, safe staffing, training & education opportunities, retirement security, affordable healthcare, and job protections, as well as a strong, effective voice in staffing, scope of practice, and patient care.
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Rosalie Faulkner, NP, South Shore Hospital
“Joining the 1199 family means we have a voice. Working together gives us the power to stand up for our profession - to ensure we can deliver the best possible care while maintaining professional standards.”
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Laura Liebman, Social Worker, Montefiore Hospital, NY
“Through the strength of our membership in 1199SEIU, we were able to negotiate a 17% salary increase over the next three years. Knowing that 1199 members have consistently been able to attain wage increases during our contract negotiations tells me that I am a valued part of the healthcare team.”
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Stella Davis, LPN, Bronx Lebanon Hospital, NY
“I’m in an RN program, and everything has been paid for by the 1199SEIU Training Fund, from pre-reqs to clinicals to books. I also recently took an in-service seminar in wound care through the union training fund for free, which would have cost me $1,500 out of pocket.”
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Brian Fullerton, Respiratory Therapist, Northern Westchester Hospital
“With 1199, the benefits for me and my family are unbeatable. Being part of our union means my coworkers and I can fight for and win fair wages and the good working conditions we need to care for our patients.”
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Maria Kaufer, Nutritionist, Forest Hills Hospital, New York
“With my 1199 contract, after one year of working at least 3/5 time members have no cost education opportunities. This year I’ve taken four free inter-disciplinary seminars, all accredited, including a recent one on congestive heart failure. 1199 helps professionals stay aware and informed of the latest trends, research and skills in our respective fields.”
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Darryl Sadler, Surgical Tech, Beth Israel Hospital, New York
“Many surgical techs have had top-notch training and years of experience, but have never been licensed or certified. Now, because we’re being required to be certified, 1199SEIU set up pre-testing for surgical techs to determine the level of preparation we need to pass the exams. 1199 then created different levels of intensive prep classes, which members can attend for free. That’s the kind of special attention that our union pays to the concerns of individual professions.”
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Vivian Stuart, Clinical Laboratory Technologist, MS, MT (ASCP) and educator, New York
“With 1199SEIU, we led the effort to win licensure for clinical laboratory practitioners in New York State. It took many years of lobbying and speaking out, and we finally won. The union’s training fund regularly offers 3 and 6 credit CEU seminars at no cost. 1199SEIU is about being the best healthcare professional you can be, and getting respected and valued for your work.”
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Chandra Chakraver, Pharmacy Specialist, Prison Health Services, New York
“I was able to get my pharmacy technician certificate at almost no cost through our union’s training fund. And now I’m in the Licensed Practical Nurse prep program that our training fund provides. 1199SEIU allows professionals to further our career goals.”
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Marc Goldberg, MPT, NYU Medical Center
“With the help of 1199SEIU, we established salary differentials to ensure that we keep the most skilled therapists and provide the best quality care for our patients.”
By joining 1199SEIU, over a thousand PAs in New York State have won the best job standards and patient protections:
—Dewitt Scott, PA, Mount Sinai, NY
“1199’s benefits and mission statement reflect the belief that a hard day’s work deserves fair and professional compensation. Join us!”
No-cost or low-cost continuing education and professional development
Because continuing education is vital to PA’s,1199 physician assistants have a broad range of opportunities, including:
Up to 6 credits per semester at no cost at local colleges and paid for up front at SUNY and CUNY, plus no-cost seminars and conferences
Paid time off to attend continuing medical education seminars and conferences
Supplements to help pay for transportation, housing and food costs for conferences
Online CME courses
Help with the cost of medical journals, professional organization membership fees, and licensing and re-certification fees
Physician assistants who are required to have their own DEA number can have the cost paid for.
Winning a say in our profession and patient care
As healthcare professionals, we often have very specific concerns particular to our fields of work. When physician assistants join 1199SEIU, we more meaningfully participate in decision-making and have our voices heard in a variety of ways, including:
Professional Councils where workers meet regularly with colleagues to design continuing education programs, strategize legislative priorities, and address workplace issues.
Professional Practice Committees where workers meet regularly with management to address issues such as staffing, equipment, work policies, and scope of practice.
—Brian Hopp, PA, Queens Hospital Center
“A lot of us became medical professionals because we can help people while maintaining a high degree of independence, autonomy and flexibility. Joining 1199 not only helps to protect that independence but also gives professionals a greater voice and security.”
Our professional voice in public policy
Our jobs, and healthcare, are highly regulated, and 1199SEIU has an influential voice for hospital professional and technical workers in the government and regulatory arenas. 1199 members helped fight for and win healthcare funding, patients’ rights and expanded access for the uninsured, licensure for laboratory practitioners, respiratory therapists & social workers, and more.
—Barbara Lewis, PA, Whitman Walker, DC Metro Area
“It’s important for us as physician assistants to have our well-earned benefits and salaries protected through our membership with 1199SEIU. As committed workers, we need to have healthy lives to enable us to take good care of our patients.”
Join 1199SEIU
Thousands of professional and technical healthcare workers all over the country are joining 1199SEIU to win an effective voice to raise standards for our profession and our patients. Now it’s our turn.
Gennadiy Shamalov, Felix Rodriguez, and Jacob Raziyev, physician assistants at Wyckoff Hosptial and proud 1199SEIU members