1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East started out as a union of pharmacists—and is America's oldest pharmacy union. We are more than 6,500 pharmacists, pharmacy techs, front end workers, cashiers and shift supervisors who work in retail drugstores like Rite Aid and Pathmark. We also have members at HIP and many who work in hospital pharmacies across the metropolitan area. Our newest members will be you, thousands of former Eckerd employees whose drug stores are now becoming Rite Aid. Today, 1199SEIU represents more than 300,000 members and retirees in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and most powerful Local union in the world. We are a Union of healthcare workers. In addition to pharmacies, we work in the homecare, hospital and nursing home industries, as well as freestanding clinics and other healthcare settings. We care for the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. Ours is noble work. We are dedicated to our patients, our members and our families. To learn more about our union, go to the 1199SEIU website.
- Virginia Esposito,
Rite Aid Pharmacy Technician » Find out about 1199SEIU pharmacists and professionals |
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"When I get calls from former Eckerd workers asking about the union, I tell them that joining 1199SEIU will be one of the best decisions they ever make. Not only will union membership mean better pay, benefits and respect on the job, you get hundreds of thousands of union brothers and sisters standing with you—and no company can provide that. Our union is very powerful because we all stick together and fight for each union member. With 1199SEIU, help is always a phone call away. That means help with all kinds of problems from winning a good contract to mistreatment by management to help with medical bills and childcare. You can count on 1199SEIU from cradle to grave."
