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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!

Dec 9, 2015
Registered Nurses and Respiratory Therapists Reach Tentative Contract Agreement, Service and Maintenance Workers Will Begin Bargaining S...
Dec 8, 2015
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the nation?s most powerful healthcare workers union, will be conducting informationa...
Dec 1, 2015
Fed up with management?s foot-dragging, Registered Nurses (RNs) and Respiratory Therapists (RTs), members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare ...
Nov 30, 2015
Caregivers at Sinai Hospital held a candlelight demonstration on February 11, 2015, to call for a fair contract and to protest the hospi...
Nov 24, 2015
On Friday, November 20, another group of nursing home workers, this time licensed practical nurses (LPNs), voted unanimously to join the...
Nov 23, 2015
"We can?t afford to go to the doctor when we get sick?that?s not good for the residents!? Where: Northern Riverview Healthca...
Nov 17, 2015
?Today the Executive Board of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted to endorse Hillary Clinton for President, and 1199S...
Nov 12, 2015
Hospital and Nursing Home Workers in the Sunshine State Joined the ?Fight for $15? National Day of Action to Demand a Living Wage of $15...
Nov 11, 2015
New Jersey 1199ers held pickets at three nursing homes on November 10 to call for $15 an hour minimum wage for all healthcare workers. D...
Nov 11, 2015
Brooklyn pre-dawn rally, massive Manhattan action draw thousands. Grey skies, a deluge and a steady drizzle didn?t dampen th...
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