“The healthcare workers of 1199SEIU celebrate the Supreme Court decision affirming that over 8 million lower and middle income Americans can continue to receive support to purchase affordable health insurance. If these millions of people had lost their access to healthcare, it would have meant a major step backward for our nation and a worsening of the already intolerable levels of inequality. As Martin Luther King, Jr. proclaimed, ‘Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.’ We urge right-wing politicians and the big corporations that sponsor them to now stop trying to undermine this vital law, and instead focus on the needs of working families. During the upcoming presidential campaign and beyond, our members will be working in coalition with our social justice partners to demand that we not only protect the Affordable Care Act, but expand access so we truly have affordable, quality healthcare for all.”
–George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in the nation.
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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. We represent over 400,000 nurses and caregivers throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Our mission is to achieve quality care and good jobs for all.
–George Gresham, President of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the largest healthcare union in the nation.
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1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in America. We represent over 400,000 nurses and caregivers throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Florida. Our mission is to achieve quality care and good jobs for all.
