Shaywaal Amin

Shaywaal Amin is a Vice President in the Nursing Home Division of 1199SEIU-UHWE.

Shaywaal has worked with the 1199SEIU for 35 years and is currently the co-chair of the Co-Op Exploratory Committee in the Downstate Long-Term Care.
In his 35 years tenure with 1199SEIU, Shaywaal has organized thousands of
workers into the Union, he has been an integral part of community/organizing
corporate campaigns and staff development in 1199SEIU.
Shaywaal is also a: Graduate of Labor Studies with a B.A. from Rutgers University; Graduate of Cornell Labor Management Relation Cert.; Rockwood Leadership Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Mel King Fellow

Before devoting his work to the labor movement, Shaywaal worked at the Labor
Research Association managing daily office operations, conducting research
projects and sales of the Publications: Trade Union Advisor and the
Economic Notes Magazine.

Shaywaal is a poet, activist and a visionary organizer, who has spent time in the
West African countries of Gambia Senegal doing work with the Operation Crossroads. Shaywaal has several self-published poetic and music works, and is the founder and Executive Producer of the artist/poet collective called Lucid Dreams Inc.

In addition to his work with 1199SEIU, Shaywaal’s vision is to create an
economic, social and political platform for “healthcare” workers and the
American working class to