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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!

Hundreds Tell Aventura Hospital: No Poverty Wages for Caregivers!
Jan 1, 1970
Close to 225 healthcare workers, elected officials and community supporters from across Florida marched almost a mile to Aventura Medica...
Occupy Baltimore & DC and 1199: We Are All the 99 Percent
Jan 1, 1970
The delegates of 1199SEIU?s Maryland/DC region voted unanimously on October 19 to support Occupy Baltimore and Occupy DC, the local outp...
1199 Member Activists Make a Difference in Maryland Primary Elections
Jan 1, 1970
Maryland 1199ers? member activism was seen once again during the Get Out the Vote effort for the June 24th primary elections. That activ...
The Work We Do: Ms. Eula Sheffey Is Leading D.C. Homecare Workers in the Fight for Justice
Jan 1, 1970
Eula Sheffey has been a homecare worker in Washington, D.C. for more than 30 years. She works for the Capital Care agency. During her en...
1199 Members Bring Fight to Save Southeast DC Hospital to the City Council
Jan 1, 1970
On March 9, members of 1199SEIU rallied at the DC City Council to fight back against a plan to slash services at United Medical Center (...
Hopkins Caregivers Ratify Historic Contract
Jan 1, 1970
Caregivers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are rejoicing the recent ratification of a hard-won contract, which will substantially lift wages f...
Dimensions Caregivers Stand Firm for Staff Staffing, No Take-Backs, and Fair Wages
Jan 1, 1970
Despite a so-called ?last, best and final? offer from hospital management, 1,400 nurses and caregivers at Dimensions Healthcare System i...
1199ers Join Fight to Raise Maryland's Minimum Wage
Jan 1, 1970
On January 22, an energized crowd that included 1199 members braved the cold in Annapolis to kick off a campaign to raise the state mini...
Johns Hopkins Caregivers Hold Prayer Vigil, Call for Fair Pay
Jan 1, 1970
More than a hundred 1199SEIU members from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore came out on February 11 to sing, pray and call for justice...

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