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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!

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez Speaks at 1199SEIU Townhall
Jan 1, 1970
Hundreds of D.C. homecare workers and their supporters met March 18th in an exuberant town hall meeting, which included a keynote speech...
HCA-affiliated Healthcare Worker Testifies at Townhall to Congressman Greyson: Financial Futures are Uncertain
Jan 1, 1970
Last month, hospital workers currently in negotiations with their employer, HCA-affiliated Osceola Regional Medical Center, participated...
Hospital Workers Ask Florida Communities: Tell Our Employers to Invest in Patients by Investing in Us
Jan 1, 1970
This week, healthcare workers from four HCA-affiliated hospitals joined together to educate their communities through conversation and l...
1199 Members Go To The Capital: $15/hour For Healthcare and Homecare Workers!
Jan 1, 1970
Senator Tim Kaine?s staff members listened closely as Karen Fountain spoke in the Virginia Democrat?s stately Capitol Hill office.Founta...
1199SEIU & UM Hospital Lead Florida in Raising Minimum Wage to $10.10
Jan 1, 1970
With millions of working families across the country advocating for Congress to pass proposed legislation that would raise the federal m...
Occupy Actions in Baltimore and D.C. Unite the 99%, Including P-Funk Player & B-more MBA -
Jan 1, 1970
Guys with business degrees don?t often hang with horn players from Parliament Funkadelic. So you got a sense that something special was ...
Thousands of 1199ers Tell Johns Hopkins: End Poverty Pay!
Jan 1, 1970
Braving a brief storm that blew through Baltimore?s Inner Harbor, more than 3,500 1199SEIU members and supporters rallied on May 10 to e...
The Serious Attacks on Organizing
Jan 1, 1970
Sisters and Brothers:When I accepted the role of Executive Vice President of 1199?s Maryland-DC region this January, I made a commitment...
1199SEIU Florida Members tell HCA-affiliated Hospitals: We Can’t Survive on 1.75!
Jan 1, 1970
After six months of negotiations, healthcare workers employed by Hospital Corporation of America-affiliated hospitals in Florida are fru...
Rally for Jobs, Justice and Equality
Jan 1, 1970
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