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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!

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AFTER ALMOST LOSING HOME AND CAR, CNA ELOMIE MINOTT WINS HER JOB BACK AND RETRO PAY
Apr 17, 2019
Certified Nursing Assistant Elomie Minott has a good reason to smile. That’s because she has returned to a job she loves – caring for her…
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Job Loss And Tough Fiscal Times Didn't Stop Jorge Tschebortarjew From Fighting And Winning His job Back Plus Back Pay
Apr 17, 2019
Justice has finally come for Jorge Tschebortarjew, a driver who worked at Hillcrest Health Care and Rehabilitation Center in Hollywood…
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The Work We Do: Carthage Are Hospital & Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center
Apr 17, 2019
These 1199ers care for New York State’s North Country. Just above the Adirondack Mountains in Northeastern New York State lies the North…
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Solidarity Was Key Ingredient In Historic 1959 Victory
Apr 17, 2019
This year marks the 60th anniversary of 1199’s emergence as New York’s major healthcare union. The saga began with a resounding Dec. 30,…
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Upstate New York Caregivers Stir the Pot
Apr 16, 2019
Most of us have heard the message that a balanced diet packed full of fresh produce and limited in fried foods and sugar is one of the best…
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Our Delegates: Social Worker Joanne Rutland
Apr 16, 2019
Mount Sinai Social Worker Joanne Rutland was thirteen when she started working in health care.
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Massachusetts Home Health Workers Build Strength Despite Obstacles
Apr 16, 2019
Maintaining Union Strength 1199SEIU Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) in Massachusetts have a lot of irons in the fire these days. In one of…
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Massachusetts Home Health Workers Build Strength Despite Obstacles
Apr 16, 2019
Maintaining Union Strength 1199SEIU Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) in Massachusetts have a lot of irons in the fire these days. In one of…
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Massachusetts Home Health Workers Build Strength Despite Obstacles
Apr 16, 2019
Maintaining Union Strength 1199SEIU Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) in Massachusetts have a lot of irons in the fire these days. In one of…
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Maryland/DC Members Support Green Jobs
Apr 16, 2019
A host of Maryland labor organizations joined students and environmental, faith, health, labor, and civic organizations in Annapolis Feb. 15…
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