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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!

Jun 10, 2013
A torrential downpour didn?t drench the spirits of 1199SEIU members at Hamilton Park Health Care Center in Jersey City as they held a li...
Jun 4, 2013
1199SEIU members in New Jersey are mourning the death of Senator Frank Lautenberg, who passed away at age 89 after a long illness....
Jun 3, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 3, 2013, 10:00 a.m. Contact: Jeff Hall, 617-281-8384 jeff.hall@11...
May 24, 2013
1199SEIU members at Ferncliff Nursing Home in New York?s Mid-Hudson Valley were angry and unwilling to simply sit back when they learned...
Apr 29, 2013
On Wednesday, April 24, 1199SEIU members held an informational picket at Forest Hill Healthcare Center in Newark,NJ, to demand a fair co...
Apr 16, 2013
Hundreds of patients and community members from throughout Brooklyn joined 1199SEIU caregivers, doctors, nurses, and elected leaders for...
Apr 12, 2013
1199 member Aja Dunham headed to Camden, NJ on March 19 to testify in front of the Assembly Budget Committee about the state budget that...
Apr 3, 2013
Albany/Troy/Schenectady- 3,277 registered nurses have begun receiving settlement payouts averaging $1,730 related to a class action laws...
Apr 1, 2013
On March 19, the State University of New York voted again to approve the closure of Brooklyn?s Long Island College Hospital (LICH), argu...
Mar 21, 2013
On Tuesday, the SUNY Board of Trustees voted a second time, unanimously, to close Long Island College Hospital, which employs more than ...
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