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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!

Aug 5, 2015
First contract between 1199SEIU members and Steward Health Care will ensure pay raises and sustainable benefits for 170 workers at Nasho...
Jul 22, 2015
ODAY: 1199SEIU Nursing Home Workers Holding Informational Picket At Adira Owned Sprain Brook Manor Recently, a federal court...
Jul 22, 2015
NEW YORK ? George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, issued the following statement today following the New ...
Jul 16, 2015
St. John?s Riverside is selling its Michael Malotz Skilled Nursing Pavilion. The potential new owner is a for-profit entity, Adira at Ri...
Jul 15, 2015
?We?re concerned because continuity of care is a critical part of quality care?and what?s more important than that? If the sale is allow...
Jul 8, 2015
After several sessions of tense back-and-forth negotiations with management, over one thousand members at 13 Genesis nursing homes acros...
Jun 30, 2015
Following historic Fight for $15 victory for Personal Care Attendants, workers at Medical Resources Home Health Corp. have voted to join...
Jun 26, 2015
BOSTON, MA ? Tears of joy streaked the faces of cheering home care workers assembled in their Dorchester union hall on Thursday afternoo...
Jun 22, 2015
On Thursday, June 11, 1199SEIU members made their way to Trenton to educate New Jersey legislators about the critical need to improve Me...
Jun 18, 2015
Informational picket to protest Southcoast Health System?s continued push for damaging wage freezes that would harm patient care and loc...
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