Nearly 70,000 caregivers in New York have signed union cards to join 1199 SEIU through the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program.
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Behind the BastardsOct 3, 2026
Multiple outlets reporting on the September 22-23, 2026 NLRB filing say roughly 70,000 ("over 70,000" or "approximately 70,000") CDPAP caregivers had signed authorization cards to join 1199SEIU, which is consistent with the claim's "nearly 70,000" as of the 2026-10-03 posting date.
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What was said
… So it's always exciting when we see overworked, underpaid workers organizing and fighting for better, but the sheer scale of this particular union drive is honestly incredible and is legit historic. Nearly 70,000 caregivers have already signed union cards, signifying that they're down to join the union, and if they're successful, if the union drive is successful, the union would include almost a hundred and 90,000 workers across the state. This would be the largest union election in US. History, like all of US. History, and it's being led by workers whose labor is deeply undervalued and rendered almost invisible to those outside the walls of their unique workplaces, which they're not working …
Behind the Bastards · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. WSKG reports that 1199SEIU said it had collected enough authorization cards, over 70,000, to file for an NLRB election among CDPAP workers.[1]
Supports. The City Reporter and BTPM both report that the union said about 70,000 caregivers had signed authorization cards, with the petition filed on September 22.[2][3]
Supports. McKnight's Home Care and People's World report that roughly 70,000 caregivers filed union cards or petitions to be represented by 1199SEIU.[4][5]
Context. The figure is attributed to the union's own statements, so independent verification of the exact count is not available in these sources; the variation between "nearly," "approximately," and "over" 70,000 is within rounding.[1][2][3][6]
Context. The extracted claim matches the post's own passage, which refers to the union drive with 1199 SEIU; no added figure or scope was introduced.
Sources
6 sources: 6 not rated
- 1Disabilities Beat: CDPAP workers could take part in historic union vote by year's endwskg.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Union Could Bag 190,000 New Home Care Workers in Medicaid-Funded Programthecityreporter.nyc · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 31199 SEIU files for union vote for 190,000 New York CDPAP workersbtpm.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4New York's CDPAP workers file petition to unionize on behalf of nearly 200,000mcknightshomecare.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5SEIU seeks union vote among 190K N.Y. home health care ...peoplesworld.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6News & Commentary: September 24, 2026 ✦ OnLaboronlabor.org · not rated · cited for: context
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