Feature Story

Cleveland is Next Stop of New Tour de District 1199

2008-02-22T22:12:00Z


SEIU District 1199 leaders are coming to a city near you! To increase your ability to meet with elected Union officers and ensure that your voice is represented, Union leaders will participate in a series of worksite visits in Cleveland on Dec 2. A reception will follow from 6 pm to 8 pm at SEIU 1199's E 30th Street office. See seiu1199.org for a leaflet to learn more about these events. SEIU 1199 leaders launched Tour de District 1199 in October with visits to Huntington, West Virginia, and Canton, Ohio. Photos of those events are available at the District 1199 Photo Archive.

Tag Team Tactics

2007-11-28T15:16:00Z

SEIU District 1199 Member Connector Sandy Nannfeldt

Sandy Nannfeldt, a library associate at the Brunswick branch of the Medina County District Library, collected about 300 signatures for the Ohio Healthy Family Act. It wasn’t a solo show.

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Keep on Collecting

2007-10-15T17:09:00Z

SEIU District 1199 Member Connector Annette Wisniewski

More than 300 signatures and still growing! That’s Annette Wisniewski’s spectacular accomplishment as a super signature gatherer for the Ohio Healthy Families Act.

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Be Prepared

2007-09-04T14:39:00Z

SEIU District 1199 Member Connector Madonna Gray

There isn’t a single best place and time to gather signatures for the Ohio Healthy Families Act, according to Madonna Gray of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Service, Bureau of Child Welfare Policy.

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Strength Comes in Numbers

2007-06-04T14:58:00Z

SEIU District 1199 Member Connector Debbie Brode

Strength comes in numbers.

Staying strong was essential for Debbie Brode and fellow workers at Blue Ridge Care & Rehab Center in Charles Town, WV, when it was put up for sale.

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Everyone Needs a Union

2007-04-02T12:04:00Z

SEIU District 1199 Member Connector Sharon Bliss

Everyone can benefit from a union.

Sharon Bliss, an Information Coordinator for the Northern Ohio Data and Information Service (NODIS) at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, can attest to that.

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Senator Sue

2006-11-27T12:02:00Z

Sue Morano receiving a framed commem- orative photo from Dave Regan at January 2007 E-Board.

Due to a weird twist and turn of events, Sue Morano’s political career began because of SEIU District 1199. As Sue told the audience during the January 2007 Executive Board meeting, in the fall of 2001, she received a phone call from Dave Regan, president of SEIU District 1199. “After a few brief minutes of general conversation, he asked me it I would consider running for public office,” said Sue. “Now in my mind, I imagined city council or possibly a school board seat. When he said State Senate, I replied “You’re kidding!”

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