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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!

Oct 16, 2014
Hundreds of DC homecare workers, elected officials and community supporters rallied today at Freedom Plaza, demanding that DC homecare e...
Oct 16, 2014
WHAT: DC Homecare Workers Demand that Employers Obey the Law and that City Leaders Be Accountable. WHEN: Wednesday, October ...
Oct 14, 2014
199SEIU, Representing 50,000 Massachusetts Healthcare Workers, to Endorse Seth Moulton for Congress WHAT: ...
Oct 14, 2014
1199SEIU President George Gresham joined Julian Bond, US Senator Kay Hagan and the Riverside Church?s Rev. James Forbes as featured spea...
Oct 6, 2014
Hundreds of 1199SEIU members rallied in Union City, NJ on Tuesday, Sept 30 for the second time in three weeks to support 450 workers at ...
Sep 30, 2014
1199 members joined others from SEIU 32BJ, SEIU Local 500, and SEIU Local 400 in Annapolis for the SEIU Maryland and DC State Council Le...
Sep 30, 2014
?Income inequality is out of control in our city and our nation, the middle class is being decimated, and working people are struggling ...
Sep 23, 2014
NORTH ADAMS, MA ? 1199SEIU Exec. Vice President Veronica Turner has issued the following statement regarding a recent state-commissioned...
Sep 10, 2014
In the Democratic Primary, the 275,000 New York State members of 1199SEIU proved their strength in the electoral arena once again throug...
Sep 10, 2014
1199ers at four Alaris Health nursing homes in New Jersey have given notice to their employer of their intent to hold a series of three-...
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