“Tampa Bay working families need a strong supportive voice in the Florida Senate, and they will continue to have one with a dedicated leader and champion of the people Michele Rayner. The members of 1199SEIU, the state’s largest union of healthcare workers, enthusiastically endorse her in for State Senate District 16.

“Our hospital and nursing home caregivers keenly face the affordability crisis and other challenges hitting working Floridians – from runaway housing and insurance costs, grocery and gas prices, access to healthcare, quality public schools and so much more – and we need a fighter like Michelle to stand with us against greedy billionaires and big business interests in Tallahassee.

“Senate District 16 is an especially important area, which has been served so well and so long by Darryl Rouson, an icon in the halls of our State Capitol. While his term limits are now up in 2026, Senator Rouson’s leadership and influence will long remain. Michelle Rayner, with her clear commitment and credentials serving this community, will be a proud and worthy successor for working families here and across Florida.”     

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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest union of healthcare workers in Florida, representing more than 30,000 active and retired caregivers across the state. Members of 1199SEIU serve in about 80 nursing homes and 30 hospitals in Florida.

 

Media contact:
Ed Gilhuly

305-807-6906
edward.gilhuly@1199.org