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What is the Largest Local Union in the City?
Founded in 1932 as an association for pharmacists, and with deep roots at Montefiore and other hospital complexes of the Bronx and around the city, Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare East, became the largest local union with over 300,000 members to date. Long known for its diversity, Martin Luther King once referred to 1199 as "my favorite union."
