1199SEIU's magazine and website www.1199seiu.org won numerous awards in this year's journalism contest sponsored by the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA), the professional organization for labor journalists. The contest was open to all labor media produced in North America in 2007 including labor print publications, websites and radio, television, and film productions.

1199SEIU--which represents 300,000 members and retirees in NY, MD, Wash., DC and MA--took home prizes in a total of eight categories, winning high honors for top-ranking U.S. local union website and local union publication with a circulation over 20,000, Our Life and Times magazine. The local's magazine also won the Saul Miller Award for Best Collective Bargaining Story for an article featured in the magazine's September issue about the importance of keeping unions strong, written by social worker Jim Gilbert. "Lessons Learned" narrates Gilbert's first-hand experience being forced out of his management position due to company downsizing after 28 years as an 1199er.

--> Read the entire listing of awards 1199SEIU took home this year.