Fight for $15

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!

Hundreds Tell Aventura Hospital: No Poverty Wages for Caregivers!

Jan 1, 1970

Close to 225 healthcare workers, elected officials and community supporters from across Florida marched almost a mile to Aventura Medica...

Occupy Baltimore & DC and 1199: We Are All the 99 Percent

Jan 1, 1970

The delegates of 1199SEIU?s Maryland/DC region voted unanimously on October 19 to support Occupy Baltimore and Occupy DC, the local outp...

1199 Member Activists Make a Difference in Maryland Primary Elections

Jan 1, 1970

Maryland 1199ers? member activism was seen once again during the Get Out the Vote effort for the June 24th primary elections. That activ...

The Work We Do: Ms. Eula Sheffey Is Leading D.C. Homecare Workers in the Fight for Justice

Jan 1, 1970

Eula Sheffey has been a homecare worker in Washington, D.C. for more than 30 years. She works for the Capital Care agency. During her en...

1199 Members Bring Fight to Save Southeast DC Hospital to the City Council

Jan 1, 1970

On March 9, members of 1199SEIU rallied at the DC City Council to fight back against a plan to slash services at United Medical Center (...

Hopkins Caregivers Ratify Historic Contract

Jan 1, 1970

Caregivers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are rejoicing the recent ratification of a hard-won contract, which will substantially lift wages f...

Dimensions Caregivers Stand Firm for Staff Staffing, No Take-Backs, and Fair Wages

Jan 1, 1970

Despite a so-called ?last, best and final? offer from hospital management, 1,400 nurses and caregivers at Dimensions Healthcare System i...

1199ers Join Fight to Raise Maryland's Minimum Wage

Jan 1, 1970

On January 22, an energized crowd that included 1199 members braved the cold in Annapolis to kick off a campaign to raise the state mini...

Johns Hopkins Caregivers Hold Prayer Vigil, Call for Fair Pay

Jan 1, 1970

More than a hundred 1199SEIU members from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore came out on February 11 to sing, pray and call for justice...

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The final budget agreement represents a significant improvement from Governor Hochul’sinitial proposal—which contained over $1 billion in Medicaid cuts—and highlights the immense importance of our ongoing Medicaid Equity campaign. Read More
Driven by their commitment to providing quality care for their patients, workers at two Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (“PPGNY”) sites in Long Island joined 1199SEIU, the largest and fastest growing healthcare union in New York. Read More
More than 100 long-term care workers from across Florida gathered in Orlando recently to accomplish one goal – prepare for contract negotiations. Read More
Jennifer Parker, a longtime and active 1199SEIU Florida member-leader recently authored an editorial published in The Orlando Sentinel that called out Governor Ron DeSantis and other state politicians for their cynical claims and misguided priorities while failing to serve working families. Read More
Governor’s Budget Cuts Would Deepen NY's Homecare Worker Shortage and Force Disabled Children & Seniors Out of their Homes and into Institutions— just as Insurance Companies Continue To Earn Millions in Profits Read More
The Home Care Savings & Reinvestment Act introduced in Albany this year is designed to stop profit-driven insurance companies from ripping off home care consumers and taxpayers. The 1199 Magazine caught up with some CDPAP members in Albany as they lobbied their elected representatives to support this legislation and protect their wages. Read More
Members show solidarity for Women's History Month Read More
An 1199 retiree explains why her political action with the Union never stops. Read More
The marriage of culture and politics is a powerful force. Read More
As working people, raising our voices together is the best way to be heard. Read More
Members came together at Union headquarters to honor past heroes and build for the future. Read More
Working people need to make sure we have a dog in the race. Read More
Workers at WestMed, a consortium of doctors’ offices and urgent care centers located at seven different sites around Westchester, New York, reached out to 1199 when their conditions started to change following the corporate takeover. Read More
Hundreds of Massachusetts 1199ers took to the streets on March 20 outside Governor Maura Healey’s office to protest her state budget proposal that threatens to cut 6,000 consumers out of the Personal Care Assistant program, which provides home care services across the state. Read More
Members in Maryland joined other progressive organizations at a rally for health justice outside the state capitol building in Annapolis on February 26. Read More
Refusing to let grave injustice get the better of him, Jon-Adrian Velazquez, is now starring in a movie about redemption alongside renowned actor, Colman Domingo. Read More
Union activists celebrated International Women’s Day up and down the East Coast in a variety of events designed to build solidarity. Read More
Members from all around New York State took to the streets to pressure Governor Hochul to protect the most vulnerable. Read More
How one forward-thinking RN is tackling the recruitment crisis head on. Read More
US Senate Candidate Andy Kim expresses support for NJ nurses as they fight for better jobs and improved patient staffing for their community. Read More

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