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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!

Sep 12, 2013
1199SEIU members from across New Jersey headed to Montclair State University on Sunday, September 8th to show 1199 pride at an energetic...
Sep 9, 2013
Radio ads running with Pulitzer Prize winning writer Junot Diaz, Russell Simmons & John Leguizamo as caregivers fan out across all five ...
Sep 8, 2013
When the votes were counted by a neutral party on the evening of Friday, September 6, service workers at St. Francis Hospital in Poughke...
Aug 26, 2013
On August 26th, 1920, after more than three generations of a courageous campaign, women earned the right to vote. Today we celebrate and...
Aug 23, 2013
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013 Contact: Jeff Hall, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Aug 20, 2013
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2013 Contact: Jeff Hall, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Aug 20, 2013
Media Advisory For: Saturday, August 24, 2013 Dave Bates | 347.865.8038 | dave.bates@1199.org Nation?s largest health...
Aug 14, 2013
The union movement works to improve the lives of all people who work?not just those who have the benefits of union membership. 1199SEIU,...
Jul 30, 2013
At a Monday event in a packed conference hall in East Rutherford, NJ, Sen. Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate for Governor, announc...
Jun 19, 2013
We've developed a new poster outlining the mission of 1199 members: Quality healthcare, good jobs, a voice, unity, fairness and social j...
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