Healthcare workers are our most valuable resource in addressing COVID-19, and keeping healthcare workers safe must be our top priority. 1199SEIU, the nation’s largest healthcare workers’ union, has been working tirelessly with our members and partners to make sure our healthcare workers have what they need to do their job well and under the best conditions possible. Learn more here about how workers can protect themselves and how you can stand with workers on the frontlines of this crisis.
We are in desperate need of resources to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the toll it continues to take. Healthcare workers can't do it alone. The federal government must do its part. Without providing access to lifesaving personal protective equipment (PPE) and crisis pay to cover essential bills, childcare, and transportation to work, healthcare workers are being forced to choose between caring for their patients and caring for their families.
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The protests across the country to demand police reform and demonstrate that #BlackLivesMatter, are necessary and effective.
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“This is a bill I do not want to get stuck with,” said 1199 member, Shikilia Davis, who works as a dietary aide at Apex Rehabilitation & Healthcare on Long Island, where, according to state data, 33 people died or were believed to have died from the virus.
She refused to hand over her insurance card, fearing that the lab company could hold her responsible for paying the bill once her insurance claim was denied. “I don’t have money lying around.”
“It’s their responsibility to pay,” Lorraine Brown-Zanders, the 1199SEIU Vice President for Long Island, said of the controversy around paying for the tests. “But now you’re going to punish the workers?” #WeAreEssential
Testing Nursing Home Workers Can Help Stop Coronavirus. But Who Should Pay?
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A patchwork of state and U.S. recommendations has hampered efforts to devise a uniform policy, leading to disputes over whether insurers or employers should cover testing costs.From the frontlines in the movement to #EndPoliceBrutality. 1199 member Sherry-Ann sent us these pics from the protest in Carteret, NJ, last week. #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
