FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
CONTACT: Jose Suarez, jose.suarez@1199.org, 305.340.1085
Rally to denounce state’s largest nursing home administrator for choosing profits over the public’s trust.
Orlando, FL – While Consulate Health Care continues to make record profits and executive compensation soars, caregivers at Consulate-affiliated facilities are struggling to meet basic needs. As a result, community activists and caregivers will gather to rally against the nursing home giant. Members will share stories of struggling to make ends meet, living with cancer without insurance they can’t afford and exhaustive working conditions. Consulate Health Care is just one example of a growing trend in Florida.
“As a community, we should expect more… much more from a company that cares for our loved ones,” said Damaris Rivera-Morales, a certififed nursing assistant and transporter. They are a very profitable company, and we are proud to have played a part in the success of the company, but they are doing so with our tax dollars – through Medicaid. It is their moral and financial responsibility to provide the best quality care for our loved ones, while reinvesting some of the profits in order to provide better pay and benefits to caregivers so, in turn; we can care for their families.”
WHO: Nursing caregivers, some without insurance and cancer, community members
WHAT: Rally against Consulate Health Care’s corporate greed
WHERE: Consulate Corporate Offices
800 Concourse Parkway S.
Maitland, FL 32806
WHEN: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 @ 4:45 p.m.
VISUALS: Signs and personal stories of caregivers not be able to afford groceries or insurance, sickness, etc.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Florida members have invested in a statewide campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida. Low-income workers and healthcare professionals from around the state Representing more than 23,000 nurses and healthcare workers throughout Florida and 370,000 workers across Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union.
For more information, please visit www.1199seiu.org/florida
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
CONTACT: Jose Suarez, jose.suarez@1199.org, 305.340.1085
Rally to denounce state’s largest nursing home administrator for choosing profits over the public’s trust.
Orlando, FL – While Consulate Health Care continues to make record profits and executive compensation soars, caregivers at Consulate-affiliated facilities are struggling to meet basic needs. As a result, community activists and caregivers will gather to rally against the nursing home giant. Members will share stories of struggling to make ends meet, living with cancer without insurance they can’t afford and exhaustive working conditions. Consulate Health Care is just one example of a growing trend in Florida.
“As a community, we should expect more… much more from a company that cares for our loved ones,” said Damaris Rivera-Morales, a certififed nursing assistant and transporter. They are a very profitable company, and we are proud to have played a part in the success of the company, but they are doing so with our tax dollars – through Medicaid. It is their moral and financial responsibility to provide the best quality care for our loved ones, while reinvesting some of the profits in order to provide better pay and benefits to caregivers so, in turn; we can care for their families.”
WHO: Nursing caregivers, some without insurance and cancer, community members
WHAT: Rally against Consulate Health Care’s corporate greed
WHERE: Consulate Corporate Offices
800 Concourse Parkway S.
Maitland, FL 32806
WHEN: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 @ 4:45 p.m.
VISUALS: Signs and personal stories of caregivers not be able to afford groceries or insurance, sickness, etc.
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Florida members have invested in a statewide campaign to expand Medicaid in Florida. Low-income workers and healthcare professionals from around the state Representing more than 23,000 nurses and healthcare workers throughout Florida and 370,000 workers across Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Florida, and Washington, D.C., 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. Our mission is to achieve affordable, high quality healthcare for all. 1199SEIU is part of the 2.1 million member Service Employees International Union.
For more information, please visit www.1199seiu.org/florida
