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Healthcare Workers Fight For $15!

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Healthcare workers have dedicated their lives to providing quality care, but too many caregivers are trapped in poverty. Many healthcare workers make less than $15 an hour and are struggling to pay for food, housing, utilities and other basic essentials. This has a negative impact on patient care, because low wages hurt recruitment and retention of qualified caregivers.

The Fight For $15 is not just about low-wage caregivers, it is about the future of all healthcare jobs and our entire industry. By raising up our low-wage sisters and brothers, we can put upward pressure on employers to improve wages for every healthcare worker. Our vision is that ALL healthcare jobs should be good jobs with a living wage, health benefits and a union. This fight is even more urgent as billionaires keep amassing more wealth, undermining our economy and our democracy.

Fill out the form to the right to get involved today – Together, healthcare workers can win the Fight For $15 for ALL working people!

Jun 18, 2014
New York City- On Wednesday, June 18, thousands of nurses and caregivers held protests for quality care and good jobs at 100 facilities ...
Jun 18, 2014
Members said no to management-proposed cuts and cost shifting in current talks with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes.Hundreds...
Jun 16, 2014
Media Advisory For: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Contacts: Dave Bates | 347.865.8038 | dave.bates@1199.org Chelsea-L...
Jun 16, 2014
New York firm Zenith under fire for treatment of local caregivers. Workers call picket ?last warning? before strike.
Jun 13, 2014
June got off to a busy start for 1199ers in New Jersey as hundreds of caregivers at five nursing homes held informational pickets to spe...
Jun 5, 2014
Wage Action: Low wage worker protests slated for Boston, Worcester, Springfield on June 12 Frustrated by growing wage inequa...
May 14, 2014
Largest, fastest growing healthcare union in America praises Coakley for commitment to building a fair economy BOSTON ? Atto...
May 5, 2014
Contact: Jeff Hall, 617-281-8384, jeff.hall@1199.org 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East http://www.twitter....
May 2, 2014
The workers of New York City gathered Manhattan on May 1 for a May Day march and rally. May Day has become an international workers? hol...
Apr 30, 2014
Fresh from a major victory at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where 1199SEIU members will receive pay raises as high as 38 percent ...
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