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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!

Jul 13, 2016
In a showing of commitment and determination to improve jobs and protect quality care, nursing home workers at four Alaris Health facilities…
Jul 6, 2016
Members at the Tampa nursing home are demanding that the owner, John Bartles, change the way he runs the facility. University Village has…
Jul 2, 2016
This month, hundreds of caregivers in Florida should benefit from a significant increase in the minimum wage. After one of the most…
Jun 27, 2016
With Our Support, Miami Beach Commissioners Raised the Minimum Wage. On June 8th the City Commission unanimously voted to raise the minimum…
Jun 24, 2016
“What we have accomplished is for the benefit of all workers. I want to invite everyone to get involved with the union so we can be a…
Jun 15, 2016
1199SEIU members in Maryland are celebrating victories in races for Baltimore City Council and in Maryland’s open Senate seat during April…
Jun 15, 2016
Baltimore City became the newest city to take on the Fight For $15 with the April 18 introduction of a bill to raise the minimum wage for…
May 31, 2016
On Thursday, May 26, thirty two caregivers from Alaris Health at the Atrium, an assisted living facility in Jersey City, NJ, voted…
May 18, 2016
Orlando, FL – After months of negotiations, Consulate Health Care and caregivers represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East in…
May 13, 2016
Baltimore City became the newest city to take on the Fight for $15 with the introduction of a bill to raise the minimum wage for workers in…
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