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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!

Apr 3, 2013
Albany/Troy/Schenectady- 3,277 registered nurses have begun receiving settlement payouts averaging $1,730 related to a class action laws...
Apr 1, 2013
On March 19, the State University of New York voted again to approve the closure of Brooklyn?s Long Island College Hospital (LICH), argu...
Mar 21, 2013
On Tuesday, the SUNY Board of Trustees voted a second time, unanimously, to close Long Island College Hospital, which employs more than ...
Feb 8, 2013
Tell New York State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to #SaveLICH! nrs02@health.state.ny.us or 518. 474.2011 Exec...
Feb 6, 2013
Patient advocates, community leaders and hospital workers will urge SUNY Board Chairman Carl McCall and Trustees to not destroy healthca...
Jan 30, 2013
Join the fight to save LICH! Contact SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher at chancellor@suny.edu or (800) 342-3811 and the Board of Trustees...
Jan 24, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013, 2:00 P.M. Contact: Jeff Hall, 617-281-8384, jeff.hall@1199.org, @1199mass 1199SEIU U...
Jan 3, 2013
More than 40 1199SEIU healthcare workers at Gateway Care Center in Eatontown, NJ, held an informational picket as part of their effort t...
Dec 18, 2012
Dear Sisters & Brothers, As a health care worker and concerned constituent, I am asking that you fight proposed budget cuts ...
Oct 31, 2012
On October 15th, 1199SEIU nurses and caregivers launched a public information campaign to warn their colleagues and all seniors througho...
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