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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!

Occupy Actions in Baltimore and D.C. Unite the 99%, Including P-Funk Player & B-more MBA -
Jan 1, 1970
Guys with business degrees don?t often hang with horn players from Parliament Funkadelic. So you got a sense that something special was ...
Thousands of 1199ers Tell Johns Hopkins: End Poverty Pay!
Jan 1, 1970
Braving a brief storm that blew through Baltimore?s Inner Harbor, more than 3,500 1199SEIU members and supporters rallied on May 10 to e...
The Serious Attacks on Organizing
Jan 1, 1970
Sisters and Brothers:When I accepted the role of Executive Vice President of 1199?s Maryland-DC region this January, I made a commitment...
1199SEIU & UM Hospital Lead Florida in Raising Minimum Wage to $10.10
Jan 1, 1970
With millions of working families across the country advocating for Congress to pass proposed legislation that would raise the federal m...
Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality
Jan 1, 1970
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Maryland Caregivers Strike to Demand Contract and Protest Poverty Pay at Nursing Home
Jan 1, 1970
Caregivers at Fayette Health and Rehabilitation Center held a 24 hour strike that began at 7am on Thursday, May 22. The 50 service, main...
Safer Staffing and Better Education Among Big Wins for UMCRMC Nurses
Jan 1, 1970
After months of tense negotiations, nurses at University of Maryland Regional Charles Medical Center (UMCRMC) in Charles County ratified...
1199SEIU Florida Members tell HCA-affiliated Hospitals: We Can’t Survive on 1.75!
Jan 1, 1970
After six months of negotiations, healthcare workers employed by Hospital Corporation of America-affiliated hospitals in Florida are fru...
1199ers Rally to Keep the Dream Alive in Maryland’s Capital
Jan 1, 1970
On January 16th, Martin Luther King Day, hundreds of Maryland 1199ers rallied with union members and progressives from across the state ...
Member Activism: The Heart of 1199
Jan 1, 1970
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  •  Roughly 3,000 caregivers in a state-funded homecare program for aging seniors are now united in 1199SEIU, the fastest growing healthcare workers union in the state. Read More
  • MIAMI – 1199SEIU nurse members from UHealth Tower represented their union and joined a large contingent of SEIU members in Florida as well as thousands of people across the country in a national day of action on July 26 as part of a sweeping public mobilization to say: our families come first—not billionaires. Read More
  • Two nurse member leaders from 1199SEIU Florida recently were excited to attend the 2025 Nurse of Distinction Awards Gala in New York City which celebrates the achievements of talented and committed caregivers. Read More
  • In addition to NYS Clinical Staffing Law, Hospital Workers Secured Staffing Enforcement Language Tied To Possible Financial Fines Read More
  • RN Linda Smith has been a nurse since 2001, providing care at medical facilities all over the nation before settling in South Florida five years ago. Read More
  • Families First Events Happening Across the Country this Saturday will draw attention to more than $4 Trillion Dollars in Cuts To Essential Care Programs Read More
  • Cari Medina's vision for Massachusetts' new chapter Read More
  • 1199SEIU endorsed Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City. Read More
  • Upstate, NY – Nearly 8,000 hospital workers at Kaleida Health are set to begin voting on a 3-year agreement next week. Just two hours before a strike authorization vote was set to begin earlier this month, unionized Hospital workers at Upstate Western New York’s largest private sector employer reached a 3-year tentative agreement, canceling their strike authorization vote. Read More
  • Upstate, NY – About two dozen union healthcare workers at Catholic Health’s St. Joseph’s Campus, unanimously voted to ratify a 4-year labor deal today. Workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare workers union in the country. Read More
  • Dr. Kiame Mahaniah named new Mass. HHS Secretary Read More
  • 2025-2028 Union Contract with Kaleida Health Read More
  • Upstate, NY – Just two hours before a strike authorization vote was set to begin, unionized Hospital workers at Upstate Western New York’s largest private sector employer reached a 3-year tentative agreement. The tentative agreement with Kaleida Health cancels the strike authorization vote that was set to begin in just hours. Read More
  • Upstate, NY – Union nursing home workers at Corning Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare overwhelmingly voted to ratify a 3-year contract late Friday. The new labor contract comes after caregivers were ready to hit the picket lines to fight for improved staffing levels, quality health insurance, and competitive wages to help retain and recruit more caregivers. Nursing home workers are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare workers union in the country. Read More
  • Yvonne Armstrong, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, issued the following statement on today’s House vote: Read More
  • “We are Being Short-Changed by Unlimited Care!” Read More
  • 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East today announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill for Governor of New Jersey. The union represents some 8,000 nursing home, hospital, and pharmacy workers throughout New Jersey and 450,000 caregivers on the East Coast. Read More
  • “By passing a budget that cuts over $1 trillion in healthcare funding, Republicans would be condemning tens of thousands of vulnerable Americans to death each year. It is hard to imagine a more egregious exchange—taking healthcare from vulnerable children, seniors, and working families to give billionaires extravagant tax cuts. The Senate bill is an appalling testament to moral cowardice and greed while breaking every promise that Republicans made to protect Medicaid. The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU call on the House of Representatives to vote this budget down and restore the healthcare funding that millions of Americans rely on.” Read More
  • The clerical, paralegal and social work staff of Legal Aid, members of 1199SEIU, issued the following statement in support of UAW Local 2325 Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys (“ALAA”) in their fight to achieve a fair and equitable contract. Late yesterday, 91% of UAW Local 2325 members voted to authorize a strike. Read More
  • Labor Contract Covering Nearly 8,000 Hospital Workers Is Now Set To Expire Friday, July 4 At 11:59 PM With A Strike Authorization Vote Just Days Away Read More