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!

Baltimore City Joins the Fight for $15

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…

Baltimore City Joins the Fight for $15

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…

Baltimore City Joins the Fight for $15

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…

Plaza Nursing Home Caregivers’ Leadership Builds Momentum in Florida’s Fight for $15

May 3, 2016

Back in October 2015, 1199SEIU Florida nursing home caregivers officially joined the Fight for $15 campaign as they came together to…

Caregivers Lead the Way to Living Wages in Florida

Apr 28, 2016

Energized by the national Fight For $15, these women are the voice of wage justice for Florida?s workers. by Tobias Packer f...

Consulate Caregivers Go on Historic Strike Demanding $15 Minimum Wage

Apr 26, 2016

List of nursing homes and photos at the bottom On April 14, Consulate workers made history after holding strikes at 19 Consu...

1199SEIU Members at Columbia Memorial Hospital Ratify Contract With Overwhelming Support of Entire Membership

Apr 7, 2016

New collective bargaining agreement meets dual goals of maintaining and improving quality care at the hospital and protecting good jobs ...

Miles de cuidadores de hogares de ancianos en Florida van a huelga por $15/hora

Apr 7, 2016

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Thousands of Florida Nursing Home Caregivers to Strike for $15 on April 14th

Apr 7, 2016

During the National Day of Action for the Fight for $15, caregivers from 19 Consulate Healthcare nursing homes in Florida organize the l...

Tampa Mayor Buckhorn Issues Proclamation for “Senior Care Day”

Apr 6, 2016

ampa, FL ? At a town hall on April 5 about the senior care crisis, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn issued a proclamation declaring April 5th, 2...

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Did you know that they/them is a pronoun, like she/her or he/him? We spoke with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East member Danny Mendoza, who uses they/them pronouns, about why pronouns are so important and about what it means to them to be non-binary. Read More
This #PrideMonth, we’d like to introduce you to 1199er Claudia Martinez, who works at Whitman-Walker Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center in DC. Read More
As we close out #CaribbeanHeritageMonth , we’d like you to meet 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East Delegate Ionis Bandele, a Registered Nurse at University of Maryland Prince George’s Medical Center. Read More
Meet Kathleen Ball, who has been an 1199SEIU member and Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) at BridgePoint Hospital in Southeast DC since June 2005. Her residents and fellow union members have long recognized what an exceptional CNA and coworker she is, and her facility awarded her Employee of the Year this year. Read More
UM Capital Region Medical Center, meet your newest Delegate, RN Tamara Burgess and wish her a happy work anniversary! Tamara has been a nurse at Capital Region since July 2020, and she gives care at the Critical Care Unit (CCU). She explained, “This unit is unique because we take care of patients who are either walking and talking or they can be sedated and on the vent. So, it’s a broad spectrum, so you have to be prepared to do anything where you go.” Read More
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MIAMI---Members 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East rallied in Miami to show unity with Cuban citizens demanding freedom and fairness after decades of government tyranny, violence and corruption. Caregivers and other staff at Kendall Regional Medical Center marched, displayed signs and chanted support for brave Cubans who have taken to the streets calling for basic living needs and government reform. Read More
During the economic downturn of the mid-1970s, employers fired and laid-off workers en masse. New York City placed its finances under the quasi-receivership of bankers and corporate bosses. In 1973, 1199 was the only union in the nation to strike against the cuts imposed by the Nixon Administration’s Cost of Living Council. Read More
League contract negotiations have a profound influence on 1199 retirees. That is one reason why retired 1199 leaders are elected to each League contract negotiating committee. Read More
In a powerful display of love and solidarity, hundreds of 1199ers and allies packed Bayard Street in New York City’s Chinatown for a rally on May 27 in support of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. With the action, 1199ers made clear their solidarity with the AAPI community and the insistence that all must stand up in the face of the current racist attacks on Asian Americans. Read More
1199SEIU members have commenced preparations for contract negotiations with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and Group and Greater Nursing Homes by sending a strong message that the same workers who were called heroes during evening rounds of applause and on splashy banners, need to be recognized the same way at the bargaining table. Read More
As this magazine went to press, 1199ers were once again in the midst of making history: We were pushing to the finish line Maya Wiley’s bid to become New York City’s next mayor. With New York City’s June 22 Mayoral Primary fast approaching, 1199’s formidable political operation was in full swing—masked, vaccinated, and working hard to elect Wiley and a host of other endorsed candidates for offices that include New York City Council, Borough President, and District Attorney. Read More
Ebony Morrison, the 16-year-old daughter of Contract Administrator Anita Harewood, created this illustration to support her mom and other 1199ers as they prepare for negotiations with the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes and the Group and Greater. Ebony is a junior at New York City’s High School of Art and Design. Read More
Workers at Windsor Gardens Care Center in East Orange, NJ held a picket line on May 13 to protest the attempted sale of the facility by the current operator, Windsor Healthcare Communities, to Complete Care Management, a fast-growing private equity-owned nursing home chain. Read More
Hundreds of 1199SEIU homecare workers joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at New York’s City Hall in lower Manhattan on May 4 to thank Senator Schumer, President Biden and their colleagues supporting the American Jobs Act. President Biden’s proposal includes $400 million over the next 10 years to help and reform the growing homecare industry. Read More
1199SEIU members’ Invest in Quality Care campaign scored another big win in May, when the NYS Assembly and Senate passed legislation that requires minimum staffing at all nursing homes. Both houses also passed a bill that addresses safe staffing levels in hospitals. Read More
May was Asian-American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. And I want to give a big shout-out of gratitude to our 1199SEIU AAPI Caucus for celebrating the diversity and richness of Asian culture and for raising the consciousness of the rest of us. Read More
今天是個好日子！在漫長的一年半之後，我們歡迎Partners in Care的會員回到機構。眾所周知，家庭護理人員在疫情期間一直苦苦掙扎。案件數量減少了。家庭護理機構不得不對工人關閉大門。你們中的許多人不得不離開這個行業，通常是因為你們照顧那些受疫情影響或自己生病的家庭成員。 Read More
After a very long year and a half, our Partners in Care members are being welcomed back into the agency. As you all know, homecare workers have really struggled throughout COVID-19. Case numbers dwindled. Read More
Después de un largo año y medio, nuestros miembros de Partners in Care están siendo bienvenidos nuevamente a la agencia. Como todos saben, los trabajadores de atención domiciliaria realmente han luchado durante toda la pandemia del COVID-19. Read More

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